highway robbery
高速路抢劫,公路抢劫,高速公路抢劫案,公路抢劫罪
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- : robbery committed on a highway against travelers, as by a highwayman.
- : Informal. a price or fee that is unreasonably high; exorbitant charge.
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Molly got five bucks, and Fred let her know it was frickin’ highway robbery.
It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.
Cruce operates the Iron Hill Campground on the other side of the highway.
Hundreds of cops saluting as the bodies were rolled out with a full escort by highway patrol.
Last week members helped shut down the West Side Highway, a major roadway in New York.
Highway safety flares provided light as the clans joined by loss sought solace in prayer and song.
An automobilist must exercise reasonable or ordinary care to avoid injury to other persons using the highway.
This rule however does not apply to travelers walking along a rural highway.
He must keep a reasonably careful lookout for other travelers in order to avoid collision; also for defects in the highway.
A big touring car stood in the narrow lane, headed toward the broad highway from which Jessie and Amy had come.
Go not out into the fields, nor walk in the highway: for the sword of the enemy, and fear is on every side.