highway robbery
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X user @BlackPanthaa called the new Xbox Series S price, external "absolutely disgusting", while a Reddit user said, external it was "highway robbery for a console released 6 years ago".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
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 ● Dec. 14, 2021
Molly got five bucks, and Fred let her know it was frickin’ highway robbery.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2021
“This is highway robbery without a gun. It’s not just us that they’re taking from. It’s our families who struggle to make ends meet and send us money, they are the real victims.”
From The Guardian ● Jan. 15, 2018
This was a famous joke when John told it in the tavern taproom, but John did not laugh the next day when he was arrested for highway robbery and fined fifty dollars.
From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Alice Morse Earle
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