highway robbery
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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
“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
I really don’t want to go back to the diapers and midnight feedings, etc., not to mention highway robbery of daycare costs.
From Slate • Oct. 6, 2015
John H. Garvey, president of Catholic University in Washington, recounted the parable of the Good Samaritan who helped a victim of highway robbery, even though the Samaritan was a foreigner in the country.
From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2013
On another occasion, a narrow escape from highway robbery occurred in Woodhall under the following circumstances.
From Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by Walter, James Conway
