daylight robbery

English

Etymology

First known in print in 1916 (Hobson's Choice, Harold Brighouse). Sometimes attributed to Window Tax.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

daylight robbery (countable and uncountable, plural daylight robberies)

1. (idiomatic) an exorbitant charge for a product or service

Translations

The asking of an excessive or exorbitant price

• French: vol manifeste m, arnaque (fr) f
• German: (colloquial) Beutelschneiderei (de) f, (colloquial) Halsabschneiderei f
• Hebrew: שֹׁד לְאוֹר הַיּוֹם (he) m (shod leór hayóm)
• Hungarian: nyílt színi rablás
• Irish: gadaíocht gan náire f
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• Korean: 노상강도 (nosanggangdo)
• Macedonian: грабеж сред бел ден m (grabež sred bel den)
• Portuguese: facada (pt) f, roubo (pt) m
• Russian: грабёж среди́ бела́ дня (ru) (grabjóž sredí belá dnja), зала́мывание цены́ n (zalámyvanije cený)
• Welsh: lladrad noeth m, codi crocbris m

See also

• highway robbery