daylight robbery

English

Etymology

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

Noun

daylight robbery (countable and uncountable, plural daylight robberies)

(idiomatic) an exorbitant charge for a product or service

Translations

The asking of an excessive or exorbitant price

French: vol (fr) manifeste, arnaque (fr) f
German: (colloquial) Beutelschneiderei (de) f, (colloquial) Halsabschneiderei f
Hebrew: שֹׁד לְאוֹר הַיּוֹם‎‎ (he) m (shod leór hayóm)

Macedonian: грабеж сред бел ден m (grábež sred bel den)
Portuguese: facada (pt) f, roubo (pt) m
Russian: грабёж среди́ бела́ дня (ru) (grabjóž sredí belá dnja), заламывание цены n (zalamyvaniye tseny)

See also

highway robbery

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