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Meaning of highway robbery | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The act of robbing a traveler on a public road.
    countable, historical, uncountable
  2. Excessive or exorbitant prices.
    idiomatic, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“They think they can charge $400 for a shirt? That's highway robbery.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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