highway robbery

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Noun highway robbery has 2 senses

highway robbery - an exorbitant price; "what they are asking for gas these days is highway robbery"
--₁ is a kind of price, terms, damage
highway robbery - robbery of travellers on or near a public road
--₂ is a kind of robbery