daylight robbery

British  

noun

1. informal  blatant overcharging

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daylight robbery Idioms  

1. Charging exorbitant prices, as in The amount you're asking for this couch is daylight robbery. [Mid-1900s] Also see highway robbery.

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Example Sentences

The heist that has made headlines across the globe was the brazen daylight robbery of €88m worth of historic jewellery from the Louvre museum in Paris.

From BBC

French police are desperate to retrieve priceless jewels stolen from the Louvre in a brazen daylight robbery, but experts have warned it may already be too late to save them.

From BBC

A dramatic daylight robbery at a museum in Paris last year has resulted in an insurance payment of over £3m to the Royal Collection Trust, after two royal items were stolen while on loan to an exhibition.

From BBC

The embassy called Washington's behaviour "daylight robbery" and "gangster," demanding it provide a formal apology and compensation and arrest and extradite the raiders.

From Reuters

Julian and Sheila Kaufman, a couple from New York City, were victims of a daylight robbery in Dupont Circle earlier this month.

From Washington Times