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HIGHWAY ROBBERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does highway robbery mean?
• HIGHWAY ROBBERY (noun)
The noun HIGHWAY ROBBERY has 2 senses:
1. an exorbitant price
2. robbery of travellers on or near a public road
Familiarity information: HIGHWAY ROBBERY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An exorbitant price
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Context example:
what they are asking for gas these days is highway robbery
Hypernyms ("highway robbery" is a kind of...):
damage; price; terms (the amount of money needed to purchase something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Robbery of travellers on or near a public road
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("highway robbery" is a kind of...):
robbery (larceny by threat of violence)
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