daylight robbery
/ˌdeɪlaɪt ˈɹɒb(ə)ɹi/
"daylight-robbery" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“daylight robbery” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this.
Corpus desk
Index EN-daylight-robbery · daylight robbery · English
daylight robbery · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | daylight robbery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌdeɪlaɪt ˈɹɒb(ə)ɹi/ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “daylight robbery” in English
Rare enough to double-check
daylight robbery is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌdeɪlaɪt ˈɹɒb(ə)ɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for daylight robbery in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: 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. The correct English form is daylight robbery, spelled D-A-Y-L-I-G-H-T- -R-O-B-B-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1The practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this.
- 2Conduct which unfairly deprives an opponent of an advantage or a win; (countable, rare) an instance of this.
- 3Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see daylight, robbery.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how daylight robbery appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
Etymology
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.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.