robbery price
1highway robbery — noun 1. an exorbitant price what they are asking for gas these days is highway robbery • Hypernyms: ↑price, ↑terms, ↑damage 2. robbery of travellers on or near a public road • Hypernyms: ↑robbery * * * …
2Northern Bank robbery — The Northern Bank robbery was a large robbery of cash from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Carried out by a large, proficient group on 20 December 2004, the gang seized the equivalent of £26.5… …
3Gold dust robbery — The Gold dust robbery took place in 1839 in Falmouth, Cornwall. According to the New Newgate Calendar , pp. 480ff, The extraordinary robbery to which these persons were parties involved circumstances probably more singular than any other which… …
4THEFT AND ROBBERY — (Heb. גְּנֵבָה וּגְזֵלָה). An object which is in the possession of a person without the consent of its owner or any other person having a right thereto, when that person knows – or should know – that the latter does not consent, is considered to… …
5highway robbery — {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. *… …
6highway robbery — {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. *… …
7Dave Price — For the American publisher with the same name see Dave Price (publisher). Dave Price Price in 2007 Born October 18, 1966 (1966 10 18) (age 45) …
8daylight robbery — UK US noun [U] UK (US highway robbery) ► a situation in which someone is charged a price that is much too high: »The banks should not be able to get away with this daylight robbery …
9daylight robbery — If you are overcharged or underpad, s a dayght robbery; open, unfar and hard to prevent. Rp off has a sar meanng. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** The term daylight robbery is used when the price of something is thought to be much too… …
10highway robbery — an extremely high price for something The price that we had to pay for the theater tickets was highway robbery …
