Highway Robbery Definition

noun
Any price, proposal, etc. regarded as flagrantly unfair to one side.
Webster's New World
Robbery usually of travelers on or near a public road.
American Heritage
The exaction of an exorbitantly high price or fee.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Highway Robbery

Noun

Singular:
highway robbery
Plural:
highway robberies

Origin of Highway Robbery

  • From highway +"Ž robbery. Compare Old English weÄ¡rÄ“af (“highway robbery", literally “road-theft").

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