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HIGHWAY ROBBERY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An exorbitant price

Example:

what they are asking for gas these days is highway robbery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("highway robbery" is a kind of...):

damage; price; terms (the amount of money needed to purchase something)

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