daylight robbery
The practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or serviceThe practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this.
» Those doughnuts cost a crown each? That's daylight robbery!
Die Schmalzkringel kosten einen Taler pro Stück? Das ist ja Wucher!
Meaning
3 senses(UK, idiomatic, informal, uncountable)The practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this.
Beutelschneiderei, Halsabschneiderei, Wegelagerei
грабёж среди́ бела́ дняgrabjóž sredí belá dnja, зала́мывание цены́zalámyvanije cený
грабі́ж се́ред бі́лого дняhrabíž séred bíloho dnja
(UK, idiomatic, informal, uncountable)Conduct which unfairly deprives an opponent of an advantage or a win; (countable, rare) an instance of this.
(UK, countable, idiomatic, informal, uncountable)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see daylight, robbery.
Examples
1 sentencesThose doughnuts cost a crown each? That's daylight robbery!
deDie Schmalzkringel kosten einen Taler pro Stück? Das ist ja Wucher!
Translations
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Origin
From daylight + robbery, originally used literally to refer to robbery occurring in the daFrom daylight + robbery, originally used literally to refer to robbery occurring in the daytime rather than at night, which was thought to be more audacious or risky.
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Forms
plural: daylight robberies| Singular | daylight robbery |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable