highway robberies
Crimes on thoroughfares
Highway robberies are thefts committed on public roads, historically by armed bandits who stopped travelers: The stagecoach route was notorious for highway robberies.
The term now applies figuratively to any instance of exorbitant pricing or blatant overcharging: Twenty dollars for parking? That's highway robbery.
- brigandagePlundering by armed gangs
- stand and deliverHighwayman's robbery order
- banditryOrganized criminal thievery
- bushrangersAustralian rural outlaws
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
grand larceny · mask · coach · mugging · horse · outlawry · disguises · carriage · turnpike · stickup · loot · gold coins · stolen goods · ill-gotten gains · holdups · cloak · pillage · hijackings
highway robberiesfair trade
Equitable exchange between parties
charitable giving · fair dealing · gift-giving · donations · safe passage
highway robberiespickpocketing
Theft from pockets
burglary · shoplifting · housebreaking · white-collar crime · embezzlement
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