an extremely high price for something The price that we had to pay for the theater tickets was highway robbery.
daylight robbery
Idiom(s): daylight robbery
Theme: COMMERCE
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.
cradle-robber|cradle|rob|robber
n.The judge died when he was seventy. He was a real cradle-robber because he left a thirty-year-old widow. -
highway robbery|highway|robbery
n. phr. 1. A hold-up of or theft from a person committed on an open road or street usually by an armed man. Highway robbery was common in England in Shakespeare's day. 2. An extremely high price or charge; a profiteer's excessive charge. To someone from a small town, the prices of meals and theater tickets in New York often seem to he highway robbery.
An robber idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with robber, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
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