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highway robbery
highway robberyn.1. Robbery usually of travelers on or near a public road.2. Informal The exaction of an exorbitantly high price or fee.
highway robber n.highway robbery n informal blatant overcharging high′way rob′bery
n. 1. robbery committed on a highway against travelers, as by a highwayman. 2. a price or fee that is unreasonably high; exorbitant charge. [1770–80] high′way rob′ber, n. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | highway robbery - an exorbitant price; "what they are asking for gas these days is highway robbery"price, terms, damage - the amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?" | | 2. | highway robbery - robbery of travellers on or near a public roadrobbery - larceny by threat of violence |
highway robbery
highway robberyA situation in which one is charged an exorbitant price. I need to find another mechanic because this bill is just highway robbery! I can't believe how much he charged for a simple repair.See also: highway, robberyhighway robberyoutrageous overpricing; a bill that is much higher than normally acceptable but must be paid. (As if one had been accosted and robbed on the open road or in broad daylight.) Four thousand dollars! That's highway robbery for one piece of furniture! I won't pay it! It's highway robbery!See also: highway, robberyhighway robberyThe 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. See also: highway, robberyhighway robbery BRITISH, AMERICAN or daylight robbery BRITISHYou use highway robbery or daylight robbery to describe a situation in which you are charged far too much money for something. They're charging ten bucks for the comics, which sounds like highway robbery to us. You have to pay thousands of dollars for the service. It's daylight robbery!See also: highway, robberyhighway robberySo expensive that it is considered extortion. This expression simply transfers the literal meaning—armed robbery of travelers on an open road—to the more or less legitimate charging of exorbitant prices. As J. B. Priestley put it in It’s An Old Country (1967), “Nothing on the wine list under two-pound-ten. Highway robbery by candlelight.”See also: highway, robberyEncyclopediaSeerobberyFinancialSeeRobberyhighway robbery
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