this is highway robbery

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• 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 (C.O.P.S.) — Highway is a cartoon character in the C.O.P.S. (Central Organization of Police Specialists) series from Hasbro which ran from 1988 1989. Character Profile Highway is the fastest of the C.O.P.S., a California highway patrol officer for the San… …   Wikipedia

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• Ratcliff Highway murders — The Ratcliff Highway murders were two vicious attacks that resulted in multiple fatalities, and occurred over twelve days in the year 1811, in homes half a mile apart near Wapping in London.MurdersThe first attack took place on December 7, 1811,… …   Wikipedia

• garrotte — v. & n. (also garotte; US garrote) v.tr. 1 execute or kill by strangulation, esp. with an iron or wire collar etc. 2 throttle in order to rob. n. 1 a a Spanish method of execution by garrotting. b the apparatus used for this. 2 highway robbery in …   Useful english dictionary

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