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highway robberies

highway robberies is the plural of highway robbery.

Meaning of highway robbery

Noun

highway robbery (countable and uncountable, plural highway robberies)

  1. (historical, literal) The act of robbing a traveler on a public road.
    Synonyms:
    high pad, padding
  2. (idiomatic, uncountable, usually) Excessive or exorbitant prices.
    • They think they can charge $400 for a shirt? That's highway robbery.

Questions about highway robberies

What is highway robberies the plural of?
Highway robberies is the plural of highway robbery.

Words near highway robberies in the dictionary

  1. highway hypnosis
  2. highway oases
  3. highway oasis
  4. highway patrol
  5. highway patrols
  6. highway robberies
  7. highway robbery
  8. highway yellow
  9. highway yellows
  10. highway-robberies
  11. highway-robbery

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