get robbed
idiom
: to be overcharged : to pay too much
You paid $100 for that old bike? You got robbed.
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Boyd’s outing occurred a night after the Cubs saw Cody Bellinger homer three times off three different pitchers and Kyle Tucker get robbed of a homer by Aaron Judge, who did it three other times before getting two of the Yankees’ four hits off Boy.
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Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
The Beetlejuice 2 set isn’t the first one to get robbed in recent history.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
People who are trapped in a cash economy, the poor in particular, are the people who get robbed, who have no insurance for loss, who get shaken down.
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 26 June 2022
Did Eagles get robbed with late Super Bowl penalty?
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
Who will win, who should win and who’ll get robbed.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
Regular niggas get robbed for their jewelry every day.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2022
For example, can you get robbed (of cryptocurrency) in the metaverse?
—Camille Squires, Quartz, 29 Oct. 2021
An 80-year-old Chicago woman didn't expect to get robbed at a Kroger while visiting her daughter in Oakland County.
—Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2021
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Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
The Beetlejuice 2 set isn’t the first one to get robbed in recent history.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
People who are trapped in a cash economy, the poor in particular, are the people who get robbed, who have no insurance for loss, who get shaken down.
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 26 June 2022
Did Eagles get robbed with late Super Bowl penalty?
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
Who will win, who should win and who’ll get robbed.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
Regular niggas get robbed for their jewelry every day.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2022
For example, can you get robbed (of cryptocurrency) in the metaverse?
—Camille Squires, Quartz, 29 Oct. 2021
An 80-year-old Chicago woman didn't expect to get robbed at a Kroger while visiting her daughter in Oakland County.
—Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2021
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“Get robbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20robbed. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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