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noun
robbery committed on a highway against travelers, as by a highwayman.
Informal. a price or fee that is unreasonably high; exorbitant charge.
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Origin of highway robbery
First recorded in 1770–80
OTHER WORDS FROM highway robbery
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How to use highway robbery in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for highway robbery
highway robbery
noun
informal blatant overcharging
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Other Idioms and Phrases with highway robbery
highway robbery
The exaction of an exorbitantly high price or fee. For example, You paid ten dollars for that meat? That's highway robbery. This term, used figuratively since the late 1800s, alludes to literal robbery of travelers on or near a public road.
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