Robbery
91highway robbery — ˌhighway ˈrobbery noun [uncountable] informal a situation where something costs much more than it should: • In my opinion, their pricing is highway robbery. * * * highway robbery UK US noun [U] US ► DAYLIGHT ROBBERY(Cf. ↑ …
92daylight robbery — see under ↑rob1 • • • Main Entry: ↑day daylight robbery Glaring extortion • • • Main Entry: ↑rob * * * daylight robbery UK US noun [uncountable] british …
93highway 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. *… …
94highway 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. *… …
95Great Gold Robbery of 1855 — On the night of May 15, 1855, three London firms sent a box of gold bars and coins each from London Bridge station for Paris via the South Eastern Railway. The gold bars alone were worth £12,000 at the time (more than £8,900,000 in 2006 figures,… …
96The Great Train Robbery (novel) — infobox Book | name = The Great Train Robbery title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Michael Crichton illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Crime novel publisher …
97Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express — The Goodies episode Episode no. Series 6 Episode 53 (of 76) Produced by Starring …
98300 million yen robbery — also known as the 300 million yen affair or incident , was the single largest heist in Japanese history. Occurring on the morning of December 10, 1968 in Tokyo, Japan, as of 2008 it remains unsolved.The RobberyOn the morning of December 10, 1968 …
99The Great K & A Train Robbery — Infobox Film name = The Great K A Train Robbery image size = caption = director = Lewis Seiler producer = writer = narrator = starring = Tom Mix Dorothy Dwan music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released = 1926 runtime = 53 min.… …
100Baker Street robbery — The Baker Street robbery was a robbery of the safe deposit boxes of Lloyds Bank at the corner of Baker Street and Marylebone Road, London, on the night of 11 September 1971. The robbers had rented a leather goods shop named Le Sac, two doors down …
