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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
highway robbery
    n 1: an exorbitant price; "what they are asking for gas these
         days is highway robbery"
    2: robbery of travellers on or near a public road

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Highway robbery \High"way` rob"ber*y\, n.
   1. Robbery committed on the public roads.
      [PJC]

   2. An excessively high price or fee; -- used especially in
      situations where the buyer has little or no choice but to
      buy the item offered.
      [PJC]

Thesaurus Results for highway robbery:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
armed robbery, asportation, assault and robbery, banditry, bank robbery, cattle lifting, cattle stealing, exploitation, extortion, heist, hijacking, holdup, loan-sharking, mugging, overassessment, overcharge, pocket picking, purse snatching, robbery, robbing, shylocking, stickup, stickup job, surcharge, usury
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