highway robbery
Example Sentences
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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
What they will receive—or at least, what he wants to offer—is highway robbery.
From Slate • May 23, 2017
Well said..This guy Bauknight has his fingers all over this highway robbery underway...!
From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2014
"I apprehend ye in the name o' the king, for highway robbery, committed on a lady and gentleman bound for Berwick."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
