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• highway robbery — noun 1. an exorbitant price what they are asking for gas these days is highway robbery • Hypernyms: ↑price, ↑terms, ↑damage 2. robbery of travellers on or near a public road • Hypernyms: ↑robbery * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• Northern Bank robbery — The Northern Bank robbery was a large robbery of cash from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Carried out by a large, proficient group on 20 December 2004, the gang seized the equivalent of £26.5… …   Wikipedia

• Gold dust robbery — The Gold dust robbery took place in 1839 in Falmouth, Cornwall. According to the New Newgate Calendar , pp. 480ff, The extraordinary robbery to which these persons were parties involved circumstances probably more singular than any other which… …   Wikipedia

• THEFT AND ROBBERY — (Heb. גְּנֵבָה וּגְזֵלָה). An object which is in the possession of a person without the consent of its owner or any other person having a right thereto, when that person knows – or should know – that the latter does not consent, is considered to… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• highway robbery — {n. phr.} 1. A hold up of or theft from a person committed on an open road or street usually by an armed man. * /Highway robbery was common in England in Shakespeare s day./ 2. An extremely high price or charge; a profiteer s excessive charge. *… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• highway robbery — {n. phr.} 1. A hold up of or theft from a person committed on an open road or street usually by an armed man. * /Highway robbery was common in England in Shakespeare s day./ 2. An extremely high price or charge; a profiteer s excessive charge. *… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• Dave Price — For the American publisher with the same name see Dave Price (publisher). Dave Price Price in 2007 Born October 18, 1966 (1966 10 18) (age 45) …   Wikipedia

• daylight robbery — UK US noun [U] UK (US highway robbery) ► a situation in which someone is charged a price that is much too high: »The banks should not be able to get away with this daylight robbery …   Financial and business terms

• daylight robbery —    If you are overcharged or underpad, s a dayght robbery; open, unfar and hard to prevent. Rp off has a sar meanng.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    The term daylight robbery is used when the price of something is thought to be much too… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• highway robbery — an extremely high price for something The price that we had to pay for the theater tickets was highway robbery …   Idioms and examples

• Highway robbery — High way rob ber*y, n. 1. Robbery committed on the public roads. [PJC] 2. An excessively high price or fee; used especially in situations where the buyer has little or no choice but to buy the item offered. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English