highway robbery

Example Sentences

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Empyreal’s lawsuit describes the traffic stops of their trucks as “highway robberies” by government agents seeking to pad their budgets with forfeiture money.

From Los Angeles Times

Larsson pulled off the equivalent of highway robbery when he stood in the crease after a Driedger kick save and used his stick to stop a rebound shot headed into a vacated net.

From Seattle Times

“What you have described is a textbook case of highway robbery,” said Bullard, the author and Texas Southern University professor.

From Washington Post

“The price started inching up. We could deal with that. Then this. At that price, in our opinion, it’s highway robbery.”

From New York Times

I charged a quarter a slice — highway robbery! — and most of my transactions were uneventful.

From New York Times