daylight robbery

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noun

informal blatant overcharging

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Words nearby daylight robbery

day labourer, day letter, Day-Lewis, daylight, daylight lamp, daylight robbery, daylights, daylight saving, daylight-saving time, daylily, day-liner

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How to use daylight robbery in a sentence

Not 90 seconds later, Brown lay shot to death in broad daylight in the middle of a Missouri street.
90 Seconds of Fury in Ferguson Are the Key to Making Peace in America|Michael Daly|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“It was a magical feeling, leaving daylight to sneak into a theater,” he says wistfully.
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Two gunmen pulled off a daylight heist in the Diamond District and evaded every single cop.
How to Get Away With Stealing $2 Million in Jewelry in the Heart of New York|John Surico|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There are rock-survivor-y types in black, with sunglasses, whose demeanor speaks of lost nights and rare contact with daylight.
The Cult of Blondie: Debbie Harry’s Very Special New York Picture Show|Tim Teeman|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Leonard was running, but not getting any closer to daylight.
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When I had finished, the other guests had all gone out, but daylight was coming in, and I began to feel more at home.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
We were about nine hours of fair daylight traversing 160 miles of level or descending grade, with a light passenger train.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
They're up every mornin' uv thar lives long afore daylight, a feedin' their stock, an' gittin' ready fur the day's work.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
It was broad daylight still, but gloomy there: the window had the pleasure of reposing under the leads, and was gloomy at noon.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
Daylight failed and night came on before our task was finished, several carriages remaining unexamined.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow

Other Idioms and Phrases with daylight robbery

daylight robbery

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