| 单词 | highway robbery |
| 释义 | highway robberySEE SYNONYMS FOR highway robbery ON THESAURUS.COM nounrobbery committed on a highway against travelers, as by a highwayman. Informal. a price or fee that is unreasonably high; exorbitant charge. Origin of highway robberyFirst recorded in 1770–80 OTHER WORDS FROM highway robberyhighway robber, nounWords nearby highway robberyhighway, Highway Code, highway contract route, highwayman, highway patrol, highway robbery, high wine, high wire, high-wire act, high-wrought, High Wycombe Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for highway robberyhighway robbery nouninformal blatant overcharging Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with highway robberyhighway robbery The exaction of an exorbitantly high price or fee. For example, You paid ten dollars for that meat? That's highway robbery. This term, used figuratively since the late 1800s, alludes to literal robbery of travelers on or near a public road. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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