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daylight robbery

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Definition


To be ripped off. Grossly overpaying for a good or service. 

Context : Business
Category: Idiom
Semantic: overcharge, overpay, scam

Usage of “daylight robbery”

  1. The five star hotel's room charges amount to daylight robbery.

Examples of idiom “daylight robbery” from Twitter
  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'wheresrunnicles'
    wheresrunnicles:

    £1 if you just want 1 article, which is all I ever want, is daylight robbery

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'chatterdog'
    chatterdog:

    Where can I buy counterfeit soccer jersey? Refuse to pay daylight robbery price of genuine article.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'smileyky88'
    smileyky88:

    It's shocking, £30 for new earphones? It's daylight robbery!

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'Sweepie2575'
    Sweepie2575:

    Just received my car insurance quote.....ouch! The companies uniform should include a mask & a gun......daylight robbery :( !!!!