highway robbery

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Vertalingen

Straßenraub

Wegelagerei

vol manifeste

vol de grand chemin

Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

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

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