highway robbery

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhighway robberyhighway robberyAmerican English informal a situation in which something costs you a lot more than it should It’s highway robbery, charging that much for gas! → highwayExamples from the Corpushighway robbery• At the end highway robberies, riots and an unspecified sense of comeuppance is what we are left with.• This brother-in-law was eventually hanged for highway robbery.• She says it's highway robbery.• Sixty dollars for a textbook? That's highway robbery.• The constable left in charge of Burford was reluctant to take any action, even when Seb reported the highway robbery at Swinbrook.From Longman Business Dictionaryhighway robberyˌhighway ˈrobbery noun [uncountable] informal a situation where something costs much more than it shouldIn my opinion, their pricing is highway robbery.

单词	highway robbery
释义	highway robbery From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhighway robberyhighway robberyAmerican English informal a situation in which something costs you a lot more than it should It’s highway robbery, charging that much for gas! → highwayExamples from the Corpushighway robbery• At the end highway robberies, riots and an unspecified sense of comeuppance is what we are left with.• This brother-in-law was eventually hanged for highway robbery.• She says it's highway robbery.• Sixty dollars for a textbook? That's highway robbery.• The constable left in charge of Burford was reluctant to take any action, even when Seb reported the highway robbery at Swinbrook.From Longman Business Dictionaryhighway robberyˌhighway ˈrobbery noun [uncountable] informal a situation where something costs much more than it shouldIn my opinion, their pricing is highway robbery.
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