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highway [ˈhaɪweɪ]1. nouna. (US) ( = main road) grande route f2. compounds• it's highway robbery! c'est du vol manifeste !* * *['haɪweɪ]noun GB route f nationale; US autoroute fpublic ou king's ou queen's highway — GB voie f publique
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highway ['haɪweɪ](road) route f; American (main road) grande route f, route f nationale; (public road) voie f publique; American (interstate) autoroute f;∎ all the highways and byways tous les cheminsBritish highway engineer ≃ ingénieur m des Ponts et Chaussées;American highway patrol police f de la route;American highway patrolman membre m de la police de la route;highway robbery banditisme m de grand chemin; -
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∎ robbery with violence vol m avec coups et blessures, specialist term vol m qualifié∎ it's highway or daylight robbery! c'est du vol (organisé)!, c'est de l'arnaque!;∎ it's nothing short of robbery! c'est du vol!
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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
highway robbery — ˌhighway ˈrobbery noun [uncountable] informal a situation where something costs much more than it should: • In my opinion, their pricing is highway robbery. * * * highway robbery UK US noun [U] US ► DAYLIGHT ROBBERY(Cf. ↑ … Financial and business terms
highway robbery — Something that is ridiculously expensive, especially when you have no choice but to pay, is a highway robbery … The small dictionary of idiomes
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
Highway Robbery — is a Hardy Boys novel.The Hardy Boys try to crack open a case involving trucks, and a hijacking scheme. They go undercover, and try to solve the mystery. But they will need to solve it before time runs out, or things could turn ugly … Wikipedia
highway robbery — noun uncount AMERICAN SPOKEN used for saying that you think something is much too expensive … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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
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. To… … Словарь американских идиом
highway robbery — n. a charge that is unbelievably high, but nonetheless unavoidable. (As if one had been accosted and robbed on the open road.) □ But this is highway robbery. I demand to see the manager. □ Four thousand dollars! That’s highway robbery! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
highway robbery — noun a) The act of robbing a traveler on a public road. They think they can charge $400 for a shirt? Thats highway robbery. b) Said of excessive or exorbitant prices. Syn: daylight robbery … Wiktionary