English Dictionary

daylight robbery

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌdeɪlaɪt ˈɹɒb(ə)ɹri/

名詞

イギリス英語 慣用表現 くだけた表現 不可算名詞 可算名詞

(uncountable) The practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this.

日本語の意味

不当な高額請求、ぼったくり—商品やサービスに対して過剰な料金を課す行為（不可算名詞として） / そのような行為の事例（可算名詞として、稀に用いられる）

Charging tourists ten times the normal price at the souvenir stall was pure daylight robbery.

土産物屋で旅行者に通常の10倍の値段を請求するのは露骨なぼったくりだった。

意味（1）

(uncountable) The practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this.

意味（2）

(chiefly sports, uncountable) Conduct which unfairly deprives an opponent of an advantage or a win; (countable, rare) an instance of this.

意味（3）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see daylight, robbery.

A daylight robbery of a store carries with it a risk that the store clerk will be present and a confrontation will ensue, so grounds to fear a daylight robbery give rise to a reasonable inference that the defendant is armed and dangerous.

daylight robberies （ plural ）