Highway robbery
Highway robbery noun - The exaction of a grossly excessive charge for goods or services.
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Synonyms for Highway robbery
Pretentious and highway robbery are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pretentious" instead an adjective phrase "Highway robbery".
Pretentious
Pretentious adjective - Self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance.
Highway robbery and pretentious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Highway robbery" instead an adjective "Pretentious".
Nearby Words: pretentiousness, pretentiously
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- ornate and highway robbery
- ornate and pretentious
- extravagant and highway robbery
- extravagant and pretentious
- showy and highway robbery
- showy and pretentious
- flashy and highway robbery
- flashy and pretentious
- ostentatious and highway robbery
- ostentatious and pretentious
- gaudy and highway robbery
- gaudy and pretentious
- garish and highway robbery
- garish and pretentious
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Pretentious and Highway robbery. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/highway_robbery/pretentious
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