highway robbery

Significat (Anglès)

  1. (countable, historical, uncountable) The act of robbing a traveler on a public road.
  2. (countable, idiomatic, uncountable) Said of excessive or exorbitant prices.

Traduccions

Straßenraub

Wegelagerei

vol manifeste

vol de grand chemin

Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

Compare Old English weġrēaf (“highway robbery”, literally “road-theft”).

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