The phrase
"highway robbery" means an unfair or excessively expensive cost for something, just like how thieves used to rob travelers on the road a long time ago.
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Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«highway»
«robbery»
Sentences with «highway robbery»
- Throughout the history of our country we have seen property ownership change hands through the force of war, racism and actions that have been nothing short of highway robbery. (remonline.com)
- At 15 cents per MB — highway robbery by any standard — it wouldn't take many images to grab all an author's royalties, leaving him with nothing. (bergsland.org)
- He probably could have had him for highway robbery fee from Celtic with timely action. (justarsenal.com)
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