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    • Daylight-robbery

    Daylight-robbery meaning

    (idiomatic) An exorbitant charge for a product or service.
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    Origin of daylight-robbery

    • First known in print in 1916 (Hobson's Choice, Harold Brighouse). Sometimes attributed to Window Tax.
      From Wiktionary

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