DAYLIGHT ROBBERY

Meaning of DAYLIGHT ROBBERY in English

( informal ) the fact of sb charging too much money for sth :

You wouldn't believe some of the prices they charge; it's daylight robbery.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

DAYLIGHT ROBBERY — robbery that was committed during the day
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY — ■ noun Brit. informal blatant overcharging.
Concise Oxford English vocab
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY — If someone charges you a great deal of money for something and you think this is unfair or unreasonable, you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY — If someone charges you a great deal of money for something and you think this is unfair or unreasonable, you …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY — See: HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Slang English vocab
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY — See: HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Словарь английских идиом
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY — n infml At that price it's daylight robbery! — Да это просто грабеж продавать за такую цену!
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY — n infml At that price it's daylight robbery! — Да это просто грабеж продавать за такую цену!
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY — daylight robbery n infml At that price it's daylight robbery! Да это просто грабеж продавать за такую цену!
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY — At that price it's daylight robbery! — Да это просто грабеж продавать за такую цену!
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
ROBBERY — raube, furte
English interlingue dictionary
ROBBERY — pangawat
English-Visayan vocabulary
ROBBERY — noun (plural -beries) Date: 13th century the act or practice of robbing
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DAYLIGHT — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English, from day + light 1. : the light of day as opposed to the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROBBERY — ˈräb(ə)rē, -)ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English robberie, from Old French roberie, from rober to rob + -erie …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DAYLIGHT — /day"luyt'/ , n., adj., v., daylighted or daylit, daylighting . n. 1. the light of day: At the end of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DAYLIGHT — noun Date: 13th century 1. : the light of day 2. : daytime 3. : dawn 4. a. : knowledge …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROBBERY — noun the act or practice of robbing; theft. 2. robbery ·noun the crime of robbing. ·see rob, ·vt, 2.
Webster English vocab
DAYLIGHT — noun the eyes. 2. daylight ·noun the light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of …
Webster English vocab
DAYLIGHT — daylight BrE AmE ˈdeɪ laɪt ▷ daylight|s s ▶ ˌ daylight ˈ robbery BrE AmE ▶ ˌ daylight ˈ saving …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ROBBERY — / ˈrɒbəri; NAmE ˈrɑːb-/ noun [ U , C ] ( pl. -ies ) the crime of stealing money or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DAYLIGHT — / ˈdeɪlaɪt; NAmE / noun [ U ] the light that comes from the sun during the day : They …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROBBERY — rob ‧ ber ‧ y /ˈrɒbəri $ ˈrɑː-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural robberies ) [uncountable and countable] the crime …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DAYLIGHT — day ‧ light /ˈdeɪlaɪt/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [uncountable] the light produced by the sun during the day in …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROBBERY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a the act or process of robbing, esp. with force or threat of force. b an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DAYLIGHT — n. 1 the light of day. 2 dawn (before daylight). 3 a openness, publicity. b open knowledge. 4 a visible …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROBBERY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a the act or process of robbing, esp. with force or threat of force. b an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DAYLIGHT — n. 1 the light of day. 2 dawn (before daylight). 3 a openness, publicity. b open knowledge. 4 a visible …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROBBERY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. a the act or process of robbing, esp. with force or threat of force. b an …
Oxford English vocab
DAYLIGHT — n.1 the light of day. 2 dawn (before daylight). 3 a openness, publicity. b open knowledge. 4 a visible gap …
Oxford English vocab
ROBBERY — ( robberies) Robbery is the crime of stealing money or property from a bank, shop, or vehicle, often by using …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DAYLIGHT — 1. Daylight is the natural light that there is during the day, before it gets dark. Lack of daylight can …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROBBERY — (robberies) Robbery is the crime of stealing money or property from a bank, shop, or vehicle, often by using force …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DAYLIGHT — 1. Daylight is the natural light that there is during the day, before it gets dark. Lack of ~ can …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ROBBERY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bank robber/robbery ▪ The bank robbers were never caught. armed robbery (= stealing using …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DAYLIGHT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ROBBERY — [noun]The gang admitted they had committed four recent bank robberies. [C]He is in prison for armed robbery. [U](UK and ANZ …
Cambridge English vocab
DAYLIGHT — [noun] [U] - (the period when there is) natural light from the sunI'd prefer to walk home in daylight.The colours …
Cambridge English vocab
ROBBERY — Synonyms and related words : armed robbery, asportation, assault and robbery, banditry, bank robbery, bereavement, breaking and entering, burglary, burgling, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ROBBERY — See: HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Slang English vocab
DAYLIGHT — "let the daylight in" or "fill him with daylight" Put a hole in, by shooting or stabbing
Slang English vocab
ROBBERY — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ attempted , botched , bungled ( esp. BrE ), failed ▪ armed ▪ bank , highway , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DAYLIGHT — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad , full ▪ He was robbed in broad ~. ▪ bright ▪ natural ▪ I prefer …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ROBBERY — See ↑ STEAL 6,7 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be daylight robbery
Longman Activator English vocab
DAYLIGHT — See ↑ LIGHT 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be daylight robbery • ↑ in broad daylight
Longman Activator English vocab
ROBBERY — n. 25B6; noun they were arrested for the robbery : BURGLARY, theft, thievery, stealing, breaking and entering, housebreaking, larceny, shoplifting; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DAYLIGHT — n. 25B6; noun do the test in daylight : NATURAL LIGHT, sunlight. she only went there in daylight : DAYTIME, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ROBBERY — n. robbing, theft, thievery, thieving, burglary, burgling, pilfering, pilferage, stealing, plundering, plunder, looting, sack, sacking, ransacking, depredation, pillage, pillaging, hijacking, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DAYLIGHT — n. 1 sunlight, sun, sunshine, light Coming from the cave, we were blinded by the daylight 2 open, broad daylight, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ROBBERY — See: HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Словарь английских идиом
ROBBERY — Robbery has ever been one of the principal employments of the nomad tribes of the East. From the time of …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
ROBBERY — сущ. 1) кража; грабеж to commit (a) robbery ≈ совершить кражу, ограбление armed robbery ≈ вооруженное ограбление bank robbery ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DAYLIGHT — сущ. 1) а) дневной свет; естественное освещение б) дневное время суток daylight saving time ≈ 'летнее' время 2) заря, рассвет …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROBBERY — robbery.ogg ʹrɒb(ə)rı n 1> грабёж, разбой highway robbery - грабёж на большой дороге armed robbery - вооружённый грабёж robbery with …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DAYLIGHT — daylight.ogg ʹdeılaıt n 1. дневной свет; солнечный свет, естественное освещение; светлое время суток in broad daylight - а) при дневном …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DAYLIGHT — 1) дневной свет, естественное освещение 2) дневное время суток • during daylight hours — днём, в дневное время open working to daylight — горн. …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
ROBBERY — robbery сущ.1) кража; грабеж to commit (a) robbery — совершить кражу, ограбление armed robbery — вооруженное ограбление bank robbery — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DAYLIGHT — дневной свет; естественное освещение рассвет гласность; in broad (или open) daylight средь бела дня; публично; to let daylight into предать …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ROBBERY — n 1> грабёж, разбой highway robbery - грабёж на большой дороге armed robbery - вооружённый грабёж robbery with violence - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DAYLIGHT — n 1. дневной свет; солнечный свет, естественное освещение; светлое время суток in broad daylight - а) при дневном свете, в …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ROBBERY — сущ. 1) кража; грабеж to commit (a) robbery — совершить кражу, ограбление armed robbery — вооруженное ограбление bank robbery — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DAYLIGHT — сущ. 1) а) дневной свет; естественное освещение б) дневное время суток daylight saving time —"летнее" время 2) заря, рассвет Syn: …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ROBBERY — сущ. 1) кража; грабеж to commit (a) robbery — совершить кражу, ограбление armed robbery — вооруженное ограбление bank robbery — ограбление банка highway robbery — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DAYLIGHT — сущ. 1) а) дневной свет; естественное освещение б) дневное время суток daylight saving time —"летнее" время 2) заря, рассвет Syn: dawn, daybreak 3) а) прозрение, прояснение, понимание б) открытость, доступность in …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

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