highway robbery

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  The act of robbing a traveler on a public road.
 * 2)  Said of excessive or exorbitant prices.
 * They think they can charge $400 for a shirt? That's highway robbery.

Synonyms

 * padding, high pad
 * daylight robbery, price gouging

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 公路拦路抢劫
 * Finnish: maantierosvous
 * French: vol de grand chemin
 * German: Straßenraub,, Straßenräuberei
 * Korean: 노상강도(路上強盜)
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian: tâlhărie la drumul mare, hoție la drumul mare
 * Russian: грабёж среди́ бела́ дня