Meanings
noundaylight robbery (countable and uncountable, plural daylight robberies)
plural daylight robberies
- UKidiomaticinformaluncountableThe practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this.
Synonyms: highway robbery, price gouging
- UKcountableidiomaticinformaluncountableUsed 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.
2006, Sarah N. Welling, “Stop and Frisk”, in Paul Finkelman, editor, Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, volume 3, Routledge, published 2013, →ISBN, page 1570, column 1
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this.
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Origin
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian пладнешки обир
- 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
- je reinste diefstalpractice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
Finnish kiskurihinta, kiskonta
- kiskurihintapractice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
- kiskontapractice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
French vol manifeste, arnaque
- vol manifestepractice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
- arnaquepractice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
- coup de fusilpractice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
- coup de bamboupractice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
German Beutelschneiderei, Halsabschneiderei
- Beutelschneidereipractice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
- Halsabschneidereipractice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
- Wegelagereipractice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
Hebrew שֹׁד לְאוֹר הַיּוֹם
- 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
- nyílt színi rabláspractice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
Icelandic rán um hábjartan dag
- rán um hábjartan dagpractice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
Irish gadaíocht gan náire
- gadaíocht gan náirepractice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
Korean 노상강도
- 노상강도 (nosanggangdo)practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
Polish rozbój w biały dzień, rozbój w biały dzień
- rozbój w biały dzieńpractice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
- rozbój w biały dzieńconduct which unfairly deprives an opponent of an advantage or a win; an instance of this
Portuguese facada, roubo
- facadapractice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
- roubopractice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
Romanian cămătărie
- cămătăriepractice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
Russian грабёж среди́ бела́ дня, зала́мывание цены́
- 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
- 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, atraco a plena luz del día
- atraco a mano armadapractice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
- atraco a plena luz del díapractice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
Tamil பகற்கொள்ளை
- 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
- 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, lladrad noeth
- codi crocbrispractice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
- lladrad noethpractice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this
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APA
daylight robbery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daylight%20robbery
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“daylight robbery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daylight%20robbery. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “daylight robbery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daylight%20robbery.
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