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daylight robbery
daylight robbery n informal blatant overcharging Translationsdaylight robbery
daylight robberyA situation in which one is charged an exorbitant price. I need to find another mechanic because this bill is just daylight robbery! I can't believe how much he charged for a simple repair.See also: daylight, robberydaylight robberyFig. the practice of blatantly or grossly overcharging. It's daylight robbery to charge that amount of money for a hotel room! The cost of renting a car at that place is daylight robbery.See also: daylight, robberydaylight robberyCharging exorbitant prices, as in The amount you're asking for this couch is daylight robbery. [Mid-1900s] Also see highway robbery. See also: daylight, robberydaylight robbery blatant and unfair overcharging. British informal 2005 MotleyFool.co.uk: Comment Have you seen the price of potted plants and fruit trees in garden centres recently? It's daylight robbery. See also: daylight, robberyˌdaylight ˈrobbery (informal, especially British English) a price or fee that you think is far too high: £6 000 for an old car like this? That’s daylight robbery!See also: daylight, robberydaylight robberyAn outrageously high price. An appliance store advertises a refrigerators for $900, but you see ads for the same brand and model elsewhere for half that price. That store, you conclude, is committing daylight robbery, a “crime” so metaphorically blatant that it is being committed in broad daylight. That's not to be confused with “highway robbery.” “Daylight robbery” offers you the option of paying the money or not, but you don't have that choice in “highway robbery,” just as the victim of a stagecoach holdup had no choice. Your city raises property taxes. You receive the bill, take one look, and scream, “That's highway robbery!”See also: daylight, robbery |