daylight robbery

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌdeɪlaɪt ˈɹɒb(ə)ɹi/
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• General-American: /ˌdeɪˌlaɪt ˈɹɑb(ə)ɹi/
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From daylight + robbery, originally used literally to refer to robbery occurring in the daytime rather than at night, which was thought to be more audacious or risky.

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: пладнешки обир (pladneški obir) — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Dutch: je reinste diefstal — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Finnish: kiskurihinta — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Finnish: kiskonta — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• French: vol manifeste — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• French: arnaque — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• French: coup de fusil — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• French: coup de bambou — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• German: Beutelschneiderei — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• German: Halsabschneiderei — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• German: Wegelagerei — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Hebrew: שֹׁד לְאוֹר הַיּוֹם (shod leór hayóm) — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Hungarian: nyílt színi rablás — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Icelandic: rán um hábjartan dag — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Irish: gadaíocht gan náire — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Korean: 노상강도 (nosanggangdo) — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Macedonian: грабеж сред бел ден (grabež sred bel den) — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Mon: ဒပၠံၚ်ကေတ်အခိၚ်လျးတ္ၚဲ — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Polish: rozbój w biały dzień — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Portuguese: facada — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Portuguese: roubo — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Romanian: cămătărie — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Russian: грабёж среди́ бела́ дня (grabjóž sredí belá dnja) — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Russian: зала́мывание цены́ (zalámyvanije cený) — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Spanish: atraco a mano armada — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Spanish: atraco a plena luz del día — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Tamil: பகற்கொள்ளை (pakaṟkoḷḷai) — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Ukrainian: грабі́ж се́ред бі́лого дня (hrabíž séred bíloho dnja) — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Welsh: codi crocbris — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Welsh: lladrad noeth — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
• Zazaki: talanê roci — practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this