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
“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
What they will receive—or at least, what he wants to offer—is highway robbery.
From Slate ● May 23, 2017
John H. Garvey, president of Catholic University in Washington, recounted the parable of the Good Samaritan who helped a victim of highway robbery, even though the Samaritan was a foreigner in the country.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2013
"It seems I'm just in time," he said, "to prevent highway robbery."
From Seven Keys to Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers
