Search Result for "highway robbery":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an exorbitant price;
- Example: "what they are asking for gas these days is highway robbery"

2. robbery of travellers on or near a public road;


The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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
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