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"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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