Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - highway robbery
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Highway robbery
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{n. phr.} 1. A hold-up of or theft from a person committed on an open road or street usually by an armed man. * /Highway robbery was common in England in Shakespeare's day./ 2. An extremely high price or charge; a profiteer's excessive charge. * /To someone from a small town, the prices of meals and theater tickets in New York often seem to he highway robbery./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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