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highway robbery

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highway robbery
n.
1. Robbery usually of travelers on or near a public road.
2. Informal The exaction of an exorbitantly high price or fee.
highway robber n.
highway robbery
n
Informal blatant overcharging
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Noun1.highway robbery - an exorbitant price; "what they are asking for gas these days is highway robbery"
price, terms, damage - the amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?"
2.highway robbery - robbery of travellers on or near a public road
robbery - larceny by threat of violence


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such things have happened in our business before--a present besides for putting him out to a farmer, or sending him to sea, so that he might never turn up to disgrace his parents, supposing him to be a natural boy, as many of our boys are --damme, if that villain of a Nickleby don't collar him in open day, and commit as good as highway robbery upon my pocket.
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