"daylight robbery" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌdeɪlaɪt ˈɹɒb(ə)ɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌdeɪˌlaɪt ˈɹɑb(ə)ɹi/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-daylight robbery.ogg Forms: daylight robberies [plural]
Etymology: From daylight + robbery, originally used literally to refer to robbery occurring in the daytime rather than at night, which was thought to be more audacious or risky. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|daylight|robbery|notext=1|type=endocentric}} daylight + robbery Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} daylight robbery (countable and uncountable, plural daylight robberies)
  1. (uncountable) The practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this. Tags: British, idiomatic, informal, uncountable Synonyms: highway robbery, price gouging Translations (practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this): je reinste diefstal [masculine] (Dutch), kiskurihinta (english: exorbitant price) (Finnish), kiskonta (english: asking of such a price) (Finnish), vol manifeste [masculine] (French), arnaque [feminine] (French), Beutelschneiderei [feminine, informal] (German), Halsabschneiderei [feminine, informal] (German), Wegelagerei [feminine] (German), שֹׁד לְאוֹר הַיּוֹם (shod leór hayóm) [masculine] (Hebrew), nyílt színi rablás (Hungarian), rán um hábjartan dag (Icelandic), gadaíocht gan náire [feminine] (Irish), 노상강도 (nosanggangdo) (Korean), грабеж сред бел ден (grabež sred bel den) [masculine] (Macedonian), ဒပၠံၚ်ကေတ်အခိၚ်လျးတ္ၚဲ (Mon), rozbój w biały dzień [masculine] (Polish), facada [feminine] (Portuguese), roubo [masculine] (Portuguese), cămătărie [feminine] (Romanian), грабёж среди́ бела́ дня (grabjóž sredí belá dnja) (Russian), зала́мывание цены́ (zalámyvanije cený) [neuter] (Russian), atraco a mano armada [informal] (Spanish), atraco a plena luz del día [informal] (Spanish), codi crocbris [masculine] (Welsh), lladrad noeth [masculine] (Welsh), talanê roci (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-daylight_robbery-en-noun-hgEd2~9r Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of British English: 31 37 32 Disambiguation of 'practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this': 87 11 2
  2. (chiefly sports, uncountable) Conduct which unfairly deprives an opponent of an advantage or a win; (countable, rare) an instance of this. Tags: British, idiomatic, informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-daylight_robbery-en-noun-8lQZFUG7 Categories (other): British English, English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mon translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Terms with Zazaki translations Disambiguation of British English: 31 37 32 Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 26 41 33 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 61 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 62 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 70 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 78 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 65 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 64 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 67 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 70 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 17 63 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 18 59 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 16 64 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 18 62 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 16 64 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 16 65 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Mon translations: 20 62 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 61 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 66 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 16 64 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 73 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 75 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 10 66 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Zazaki translations: 9 73 18 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see daylight, robbery. Tags: British, countable, idiomatic, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-daylight_robbery-en-noun-xo91kWbo Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of British English: 31 37 32

Inflected forms

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  "hyphenation": [
    "day‧light"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "practice",
          "practice#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "cheating",
          "cheating#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "imposing",
          "impose"
        ],
        [
          "exorbitant",
          "exorbitant"
        ],
        [
          "charge",
          "charge#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "product",
          "product"
        ],
        [
          "service",
          "service#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "instance",
          "instance#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) The practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "highway robbery"
        },
        {
          "word": "price gouging"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "idiomatic",
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Conduct which unfairly deprives an opponent of an advantage or a win; (countable, rare) an instance of this."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "Conduct",
          "conduct#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "unfairly",
          "unfairly"
        ],
        [
          "deprive",
          "deprive"
        ],
        [
          "opponent",
          "opponent"
        ],
        [
          "advantage",
          "advantage#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "win",
          "win#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly sports, uncountable) Conduct which unfairly deprives an opponent of an advantage or a win; (countable, rare) an instance of this."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "idiomatic",
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, Sarah N. Welling, “Stop and Frisk”, in Paul Finkelman, editor, Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, volume 3, Routledge, published 2013, →ISBN, page 1570, column 1:",
          "text": "A daylight robbery of a store carries with it a risk that the store clerk will be present and a confrontation will ensue, so grounds to fear a daylight robbery give rise to a reasonable inference that the defendant is armed and dangerous.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see daylight, robbery."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "daylight",
          "daylight#English"
        ],
        [
          "robbery",
          "robbery#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "countable",
        "idiomatic",
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdeɪlaɪt ˈɹɒb(ə)ɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdeɪˌlaɪt ˈɹɑb(ə)ɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-daylight robbery.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/En-au-daylight_robbery.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "je reinste diefstal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "exorbitant price",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "word": "kiskurihinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "asking of such a price",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "word": "kiskonta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vol manifeste"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "arnaque"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "Beutelschneiderei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "Halsabschneiderei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Wegelagerei"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shod leór hayóm",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שֹׁד לְאוֹר הַיּוֹם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "word": "nyílt színi rablás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "word": "rán um hábjartan dag"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gadaíocht gan náire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nosanggangdo",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "word": "노상강도"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "grabež sred bel den",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "грабеж сред бел ден"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnw",
      "lang": "Mon",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "word": "ဒပၠံၚ်ကေတ်အခိၚ်လျးတ္ၚဲ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozbój w biały dzień"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "facada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "roubo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cămătărie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grabjóž sredí belá dnja",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "word": "грабёж среди́ бела́ дня"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zalámyvanije cený",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зала́мывание цены́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "atraco a mano armada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "atraco a plena luz del día"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "codi crocbris"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lladrad noeth"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this",
      "word": "talanê roci"
    }
  ],
  "word": "daylight robbery"
}

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