highway robbery
a situation in which something costs you a lot more than it should

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highway robbery
an extremely high price for something; the charging of a high price for something
The price that we had to pay for the theater tickets was highway robbery.

The amount of money that the company is charging for its services is highway robbery.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

highway robbery
n. phr.
1. A hold-up of or theft from a person committed on an open road or street usually by an armed man.
Highway robbery was common in England in Shakespeare's day.
2. An extremely high price or charge; a profiteer's excessive charge.
To someone from a small town, the prices of meals and theater tickets in New York often seem to he highway robbery.

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