HIGHWAY ROBBERY


Meaning of HIGHWAY ROBBERY in English

{n. phr.} 1. A hold-up of or theft from a person committed on an open road or street usually by an armed man. * /Highway robbery was common in England in Shakespeare's day./ 2. An extremely high price or charge; a profiteer's excessive charge. * /To someone from a small town, the prices of meals and theater tickets in New York often seem to he highway robbery./

Dictionary of English idioms .      Словарь английских идиом.