daylight robbery

English - Turkish

Definition of daylight robbery in English Turkish dictionary: düpedüz soygun; kazık; gündüz soygun

English - English

Definition of daylight robbery in English English dictionary: an exorbitant charge for a product or service; robbery that was committed during the day; disapproval If someone charges you a great deal of money for something and you think this is unfair or unreasonable, you can refer to this as daylight robbery. They're just ripping the fans off; it's daylight robbery

daylight robbery

Hyphenation

day·light rob·be·ry

deylayt räbıri

/ˈdāˌlīt ˈräbərē/ /ˈdeɪˌlaɪt ˈrɑːbɜriː/

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

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