Definition of highway robbery in English:

highway robbery

noun

mass nounUS historical

1Robbery committed on a public road.
he was found guilty of highway robbery and sentenced to transportation
count noun Turpin was infamous for highway robberies throughout the 1730s
Example sentencesExamples
- He was a deserter from the army when he was found guilty of highway robbery and sentenced to transportation.
- She was convicted and transported for life in 1808 for highway robbery.
- He had himself been sentenced to death for highway robbery, making Turpin's death at his hands especially ironic.
- He said he was going to tell the media that the country was safe for travellers, after last year's peak of highway robberies.
- He said the state of security on the Internet was about the same as on the roads of Elizabethan England with piracy and highway robbery endemic.
- The Good Samaritan is a "grubby old street sweeper" who patches up the victim of a highway robbery with his first-aid kit, then drops him off at the nearest pub.
- It is here that Falstaff's bungled attempts at highway robbery take place.
- The man, in his 30s, was taken during a highway robbery, probably late on Tuesday, just north of the city.
- Acquitted by the Supreme Court, he was re-arrested a short time later and sentenced to six months for highway robbery.
- Amnesty International recorded 1,286 executions there between 1980 and 2000 for highway robbery, sodomy, drug smuggling, and sorcery.
1. 1.1informal Blatant and unfair overcharging.
  paying nine bucks for 200g of dried mango is highway robbery
  Example sentencesExamples
  I would sure like to know which government blunder this highway robbery is paying for.
  He concludes with 12 specific recommendations on how to stop the highway robbery of taxpayer's money.
  It's highway robbery, with the government equipping the highwayman.
  He urged councillors to rethink the charges, saying they were nothing more than highway robbery.
  Some analysts say the charges for oil provision amount to highway robbery.
  The amount of the proposed increases are nothing short of highway robbery.
  It's highway robbery to buy them at the stores!
  What some are calling highway robbery is how $8.5 billion of transportation spending can simply disappear.
  A selfish minority of motorists believe that the creation of cycle lanes is highway robbery.
  The staff are indifferent, the music is lousy, and the drink prices are highway robbery.

单词	highway robbery
释义	Definition of highway robbery in English: highway robbery noun mass nounUS historical 1Robbery committed on a public road. he was found guilty of highway robbery and sentenced to transportation count noun Turpin was infamous for highway robberies throughout the 1730s Example sentencesExamples He was a deserter from the army when he was found guilty of highway robbery and sentenced to transportation. She was convicted and transported for life in 1808 for highway robbery. He had himself been sentenced to death for highway robbery, making Turpin's death at his hands especially ironic. He said he was going to tell the media that the country was safe for travellers, after last year's peak of highway robberies. He said the state of security on the Internet was about the same as on the roads of Elizabethan England with piracy and highway robbery endemic. The Good Samaritan is a "grubby old street sweeper" who patches up the victim of a highway robbery with his first-aid kit, then drops him off at the nearest pub. It is here that Falstaff's bungled attempts at highway robbery take place. The man, in his 30s, was taken during a highway robbery, probably late on Tuesday, just north of the city. Acquitted by the Supreme Court, he was re-arrested a short time later and sentenced to six months for highway robbery. Amnesty International recorded 1,286 executions there between 1980 and 2000 for highway robbery, sodomy, drug smuggling, and sorcery. 1.1informal Blatant and unfair overcharging. paying nine bucks for 200g of dried mango is highway robbery Example sentencesExamples I would sure like to know which government blunder this highway robbery is paying for. He concludes with 12 specific recommendations on how to stop the highway robbery of taxpayer's money. It's highway robbery, with the government equipping the highwayman. He urged councillors to rethink the charges, saying they were nothing more than highway robbery. Some analysts say the charges for oil provision amount to highway robbery. The amount of the proposed increases are nothing short of highway robbery. It's highway robbery to buy them at the stores! What some are calling highway robbery is how $8.5 billion of transportation spending can simply disappear. A selfish minority of motorists believe that the creation of cycle lanes is highway robbery. The staff are indifferent, the music is lousy, and the drink prices are highway robbery.
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