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daylight robbery
noun [U] (US also highway robbery) informalDefinition
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Synonyms and related words:
- at/for a price idiom
- break the bank idiom
- capital intensive adjective
- clobber verb (HIT)
- cost sb a pretty penny idiom
- cost sb dear idiom
- costly adjective (EXPENSIVE)
- dearly adverb (COSTING A LOT)
- exorbitant adjective
- extortionate adjective
- it'll cost you idiom
- not come cheap idiom
- out of sight idiom
- over the odds idiom
- overpriced adjective
- prohibitive adjective
- punitive adjective
- set sb back (sth) phrasal verb
- sky-high adjective, adverb
- stiff adjective (SEVERE)
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