highway robbery

3 definitions found

highway robbery - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

highway robbery - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  highway robbery
      n 1: an exorbitant price; "what they are asking for gas these
           days is highway robbery"
      2: robbery of travellers on or near a public road

highway robbery - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "highway robbery":
     armed robbery, asportation, assault and robbery, banditry,
     bank robbery, cattle lifting, cattle stealing, exploitation,
     extortion, heist, hijacking, holdup, loan-sharking, mugging,
     overassessment, overcharge, pocket picking, purse snatching,
     robbery, robbing, shylocking, stickup, stickup job, surcharge,
     usury