"highway robbery" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-highway robbery.ogg Forms: highway robberies [plural]
Etymology: Compare Old English weġrēaf (“highway robbery”, literally “road-theft”). Etymology templates: {{cog|ang|weġrēaf||highway robbery|lit=road-theft}} Old English weġrēaf (“highway robbery”, literally “road-theft”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} highway robbery (countable and uncountable, plural highway robberies)
  1. (historical, literal) The act of robbing a traveler on a public road. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Crime Synonyms: highway-robbery Synonyms (robbing on a highway or road): padding [obsolete], high pad [obsolete] Related terms: highwayman Translations (The act of robbing on a public road): 公路拦路抢劫 (gōnglùlánlùqiǎngjié) (Chinese Mandarin), maantierosvous (Finnish), vol de grand chemin [masculine] (French), Straßenraub [masculine] (German), Wegelagerei [feminine] (German), Straßenräuberei [feminine] (German), 노상강도 (nosanggangdo) (alt: 路上強盜) (Korean), rozbój na prostej drodze [masculine] (Polish), rozbój na równej drodze [masculine] (Polish), tâlhărie la drumul mare [feminine] (Romanian), hoție la drumul mare [feminine] (Romanian), грабёж среди́ бела́ дня (grabjóž sredí belá dnja) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-highway_robbery-en-noun-uF3byRLx Disambiguation of Crime: 73 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'robbing on a highway or road': 93 7 Disambiguation of 'The act of robbing on a public road': 98 2
  2. (idiomatic) Said of excessive or exorbitant prices. Tags: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Synonyms (the asking of an excessive or exorbitant price): daylight robbery, price gouging
    Sense id: en-highway_robbery-en-noun-1gHEESTl Disambiguation of 'the asking of an excessive or exorbitant price': 4 96

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "公路拦路抢劫"
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