highway robbery

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

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

Bản dịch

Straßenraub

Wegelagerei

vol manifeste

vol de grand chemin

Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

In summary

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

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