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/hˈaɪwˌeɪ rˈɑbəri/ Listen

noun

Highway robbery n.

Robbery committed on the public roads.

An excessively high price or fee; used especially in situations where the buyer has little or no choice but to buy the item offered.

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Etymology of 'Highway robbery'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Highway robbery" Quotes from Famous Books

... ye what it is!" exclaimed the farmer, coming close to the car. "This ain't no better than highway robbery. I never expected ter have ye take the carcass away, when I told ye sich a ...

— Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies - The Missing Pearl Necklace • Alice B. Emerson

... down the walls of the Bannu forts; John Nicholson has since reduced the people to such a state of good order and respect for the laws, that in the last year of his charge not only was there no murder, burglary, or highway robbery, but not an attempt at any ...

— John Nicholson - The Lion of the Punjaub • R. E. Cholmeley

... revealed to the thieves by the light of his wife’s dip, until day began to break, when, to avoid being recognised, they went off, having to content themselves with what spoil the second man could find in the room below. On another occasion, a narrow escape from highway robbery occurred in Woodhall under the following circumstances. It was at the time of the great August Fair at Horncastle, much larger at that time (in the forties) than it is at the present day; for it then lasted some three weeks. That fair has been the occasion of many robberies, ...

— Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood - Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter • J. Conway Walter

... most interesting case of a local character of capital punishment for highway robbery with violence and sheep-stealing combined, was one which occurred to a Royston gentleman, for which it is necessary to travel a dozen years beyond ...

— Fragments of Two Centuries - Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King • Alfred Kingston

... general principles," admitted Cabot, "but circumstances alter cases. I consider the highway robbery that two of the most powerful nations of the world are attempting right here a circumstance strong enough to alter any case. So I would advise you to accept the only offer now remaining open. You will at least get ...

— Under the Great Bear • Kirk Munroe

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