highway robbery
Example Sentences
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Larsson pulled off the equivalent of highway robbery when he stood in the crease after a Driedger kick save and used his stick to stop a rebound shot headed into a vacated net.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2021
Molly got five bucks, and Fred let her know it was frickin’ highway robbery.
From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2021
“This is highway robbery without a gun. It’s not just us that they’re taking from. It’s our families who struggle to make ends meet and send us money, they are the real victims.”
From The Guardian • Jan. 15, 2018
While we wait to learn whether his largess has unexpected consequences, let us savor Mike’s highway robbery.
From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2016
When his lordship was engaged at the Old Baily a man was convicted of highway robbery, whom the judge remembered to have been one of his early companions.
From Law and Laughter by Morton, George A. (George Alexander)
