daylight robberyn.

Brit.

/ˌdeɪlʌɪt ˈrɒb(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˌdeɪˌlaɪt ˈrɑb(ə)ri/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: daylight n., robbery n.

Etymology: < daylight n. + robbery n.

1. A robbery committed during daylight hours, often characterized as particularly conspicuous or risky; the action or practice of committing this type of robbery. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > quick or unexpected

daylight robbery1804

snatch1866

1804 Monthly Rev. Sept. 2 No one indeed can view its [sc. France's] large and day-light robberies, or its foul and mid-night murders, without abhorrence.

1837 Morning Post 20 Feb. 2/5 These were the rights and liberties of which the opponents of the Establishment would plunder and rob them. It was not an open, daylight robbery that was attempted, but a filching, midnight, burglarious one.

1893 Sydney Morning Herald 26 June 8/7 From chaffing drunken men and insulting defenceless women, the company has taken to assault, to daylight robbery.

1960 Jet 27 Oct. 51 Caught while committing daylight robbery in one of St. Louis' busy streets.

2004 B. Burrough Public Enemies (2009) i. 16 The Newtons and their peers were forced to initiate daylight robberies.

2. colloquial (originally and chiefly British). Blatant and unfair overcharging or swindling. Also occasionally: an instance of this. Cf. robbery n. 3.

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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun]

defraudc1450

defraudationc1503

fraudingc1530

defrauding1548

cheateryc1555

cheatingc1555

versing1591

begeckc1600

sharking1602

shaving1606

rooking1635

defraudment1645

emunging1664

prowlerya1670

bilking1687

sharping1692

mace1742

fineering1765

swindling1769

highway robbery1777

macing1811

flat-catching1821

ramping1830

swindlery1833

rigging1846

diddlinga1849

suck-in1856

daylight robbery1863

cooking1873

bunco-steering1875

chousing1881

fiddling1884

verneukery1896

padding1900

verneukering1900

bobol1907

swizzle1913

ramp1915

swizz1915

chizzing1948

tweedling1975

1863 Temple Bar Sept. 207 It would be a bull worthy of an Irishman to call 1s. 6d. for ‘bougies’ a ‘daylight robbery’.

1867 Glasgow Herald 23 Nov. 3/3 I was then persuaded..to subscribe the sum of 300 dollars... Guess, however, my astonishment and despair, when I discovered..that the whole affair is a deliberate system of wholesale daylight robbery.

1949 D. M. Davin Roads from Home i. i. 8 ‘I can never afford it,’ said his sister. ‘It's daylight robbery.’

1971 Scope (S. Afr.) 19 Mar. 122/3 Oh, I know... It's daylight robbery... For this very reason I'm prepared to drop my own final payment from R2,500 to R2,000.

2009 J. Middleton et al. Ultimate Career Coach iv. lxxxv. 282 The charges that banks apply to business accounts vary from harsh to daylight robbery.

3. Chiefly Sport. The action or an act of depriving someone of advantage or victory undeservedly or unfairly. Cf. rob v. 2d.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [noun] > an outrageous injustice

daylight robbery1897

1897 Washington Post 30 July 8/1 One of the most bungling cases of daylight robbery ever perpetrated by a yellow-neck umpire.

1939 Wichita Daily Times (Wichita Falls, Texas) 29 Oct. 8/3 The Aggies were more than pleased with the seven points they picked up on Smith's daylight robbery and Walemon Price's conversion.

1977 Times 28 Feb. 8/5 It was, in fact, a bit of daylight robbery. As Jimmy Andrews, the disappointed Cardiff manager, said later: ‘Everton had all the big names and the luck.’

2005 D. Jenkins Slim & None iii. 13 Jerry Barber sank putts from three area codes on the last three holes to tie Don January. It was a daylight robbery.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	daylight robbery
释义	daylight robberyn. Brit. /ˌdeɪlʌɪt ˈrɒb(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌdeɪˌlaɪt ˈrɑb(ə)ri/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: daylight n., robbery n. Etymology: < daylight n. + robbery n. 1. A robbery committed during daylight hours, often characterized as particularly conspicuous or risky; the action or practice of committing this type of robbery. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > quick or unexpected daylight robbery1804 snatch1866 1804 Monthly Rev. Sept. 2 No one indeed can view its [sc. France's] large and day-light robberies, or its foul and mid-night murders, without abhorrence. 1837 Morning Post 20 Feb. 2/5 These were the rights and liberties of which the opponents of the Establishment would plunder and rob them. It was not an open, daylight robbery that was attempted, but a filching, midnight, burglarious one. 1893 Sydney Morning Herald 26 June 8/7 From chaffing drunken men and insulting defenceless women, the company has taken to assault, to daylight robbery. 1960 Jet 27 Oct. 51 Caught while committing daylight robbery in one of St. Louis' busy streets. 2004 B. Burrough Public Enemies (2009) i. 16 The Newtons and their peers were forced to initiate daylight robberies. 2. colloquial (originally and chiefly British). Blatant and unfair overcharging or swindling. Also occasionally: an instance of this. Cf. robbery n. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] defraudc1450 defraudationc1503 fraudingc1530 defrauding1548 cheateryc1555 cheatingc1555 versing1591 begeckc1600 sharking1602 shaving1606 rooking1635 defraudment1645 emunging1664 prowlerya1670 bilking1687 sharping1692 mace1742 fineering1765 swindling1769 highway robbery1777 macing1811 flat-catching1821 ramping1830 swindlery1833 rigging1846 diddlinga1849 suck-in1856 daylight robbery1863 cooking1873 bunco-steering1875 chousing1881 fiddling1884 verneukery1896 padding1900 verneukering1900 bobol1907 swizzle1913 ramp1915 swizz1915 chizzing1948 tweedling1975 1863 Temple Bar Sept. 207 It would be a bull worthy of an Irishman to call 1s. 6d. for ‘bougies’ a ‘daylight robbery’. 1867 Glasgow Herald 23 Nov. 3/3 I was then persuaded..to subscribe the sum of 300 dollars... Guess, however, my astonishment and despair, when I discovered..that the whole affair is a deliberate system of wholesale daylight robbery. 1949 D. M. Davin Roads from Home i. i. 8 ‘I can never afford it,’ said his sister. ‘It's daylight robbery.’ 1971 Scope (S. Afr.) 19 Mar. 122/3 Oh, I know... It's daylight robbery... For this very reason I'm prepared to drop my own final payment from R2,500 to R2,000. 2009 J. Middleton et al. Ultimate Career Coach iv. lxxxv. 282 The charges that banks apply to business accounts vary from harsh to daylight robbery. 3. Chiefly Sport. The action or an act of depriving someone of advantage or victory undeservedly or unfairly. Cf. rob v. 2d. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [noun] > an outrageous injustice daylight robbery1897 1897 Washington Post 30 July 8/1 One of the most bungling cases of daylight robbery ever perpetrated by a yellow-neck umpire. 1939 Wichita Daily Times (Wichita Falls, Texas) 29 Oct. 8/3 The Aggies were more than pleased with the seven points they picked up on Smith's daylight robbery and Walemon Price's conversion. 1977 Times 28 Feb. 8/5 It was, in fact, a bit of daylight robbery. As Jimmy Andrews, the disappointed Cardiff manager, said later: ‘Everton had all the big names and the luck.’ 2005 D. Jenkins Slim & None iii. 13 Jerry Barber sank putts from three area codes on the last three holes to tie Don January. It was a daylight robbery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1804
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