On another episode of the same show, actor Jack Thompson learned that his great-great-great grandfather was a convict from Ireland, charged with highway robbery.

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Depending on your math and service plan, the price of sending a simple SMS text message can range from a minor nuisance, to high-tech highway robbery.

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What was the difference between a sequel and highway robbery?

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IR International money transfers are a modern form of highway robbery.

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Pini Badash, the head of the Omer Regional Council, told Makor Rishon last Friday that residents of Dimona will drive to Beersheba only after dark in five-car convoys for fear of highway robbery.

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That sounds like highway robbery to me.

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Highway robbery is another favorite pastime.

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That is literally highway robbery.

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