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daylight robbery
Fig. the practice of blatantly or grossly overcharging. It's daylight robbery to charge that amount of money for a hotel room! The cost of renting a car at that place is daylight robbery. See also: daylight highway robbery outrageous overpricing; a bill that is much higher than normally acceptable but must be paid. (As if one had been accosted and robbed on the open road or in broad daylight.) Four thousand dollars! That's highway robbery for one piece of furniture! I won't pay it! It's highway robbery! See also: highway daylight robbery (British, American & Australian) also highway robbery (American & Australian) a situation in which you are charged much more for something than you think you should have to pay Three pounds for an orange juice? It's daylight robbery! See also: daylight Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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