Definition of daylight robbery in English:

daylight robbery

noun

mass nounBritish informal

Blatant and unfair overcharging.
〈英，非正式〉明抢，高价
Do you know how much he charges? It's daylight robbery
Example sentencesExamples
- Hundreds of solicitors get away with daylight robbery every week: just go to any court and listen to the greediest outline their fees.
- The contracts may be daylight robbery, but since the politicians who authorised them will be long gone by 2030, it won't be their problem.
- What we are witnessing is daylight robbery and sheer greed by all parties involved.
- Entire communities can be left saddled with debts taken on to fund this daylight robbery.
- This latest increase by the so-called custodians of the city is a disgrace and daylight robbery.
- For the past 20 years the wealthy and the millionaires have got away with daylight robbery.
- In 1851 (after 150 years of ripping off its people) the government repealed this disastrous form of daylight robbery.
- Selling a few inches of pastel-coloured terry-towelling at fifty-times the make-up price is daylight robbery.
- If guys are getting away with owing that amount of money, that is absolute daylight robbery.
- $1.49 a track - even 99 cents a track - is daylight robbery.
- The movie prices are pretty much daylight robbery.
- It's daylight robbery and should be resisted with vigour by all.
- Next to the airlines, the local authorities are the biggest robbers of all, and this exercise is another example of blatant daylight robbery.
Synonyms
extortionate, excessively high, extremely high, excessive, sky-high, prohibitive, outrageous, unreasonable, preposterous, inordinate, immoderate, inflated, monstrous, unwarranted, unconscionable, huge, enormous, disproportionate

单词	daylight robbery
释义	Definition of daylight robbery in English: daylight robbery noun mass nounBritish informal Blatant and unfair overcharging. 〈英，非正式〉明抢，高价 Do you know how much he charges? It's daylight robbery Example sentencesExamples Hundreds of solicitors get away with daylight robbery every week: just go to any court and listen to the greediest outline their fees. The contracts may be daylight robbery, but since the politicians who authorised them will be long gone by 2030, it won't be their problem. What we are witnessing is daylight robbery and sheer greed by all parties involved. Entire communities can be left saddled with debts taken on to fund this daylight robbery. This latest increase by the so-called custodians of the city is a disgrace and daylight robbery. For the past 20 years the wealthy and the millionaires have got away with daylight robbery. In 1851 (after 150 years of ripping off its people) the government repealed this disastrous form of daylight robbery. Selling a few inches of pastel-coloured terry-towelling at fifty-times the make-up price is daylight robbery. If guys are getting away with owing that amount of money, that is absolute daylight robbery. $1.49 a track - even 99 cents a track - is daylight robbery. The movie prices are pretty much daylight robbery. It's daylight robbery and should be resisted with vigour by all. Next to the airlines, the local authorities are the biggest robbers of all, and this exercise is another example of blatant daylight robbery. Synonyms extortionate, excessively high, extremely high, excessive, sky-high, prohibitive, outrageous, unreasonable, preposterous, inordinate, immoderate, inflated, monstrous, unwarranted, unconscionable, huge, enormous, disproportionate
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