noun
1. an exorbitant price
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what they are asking for gas these days is highway robbery
2. robbery of travellers on or near a public road
• Hypernyms: ↑robbery
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noun1. : robbery committed on or near a public highway especially against travelers
2. : excessive profit or advantage derived from a business transaction
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—highway robber.
1. robbery committed on a highway against travelers, as by a highwayman.
2. Informal. a price or fee that is unreasonably high; exorbitant charge.
[1770-80]
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daylight robbery
Thesaurus: general words for expensivesynonym
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highway robbery,
1. robbery committed on a public road.
2. Informal. an exorbitant price or charge.
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noun [noncount]
US informal : the practice of charging a price that is very high and usually unfair for something
Charging that much to see a movie is highway robbery!
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ˌhighway ˈrobbery idiom
Useful english dictionary. 2012.