get robbed

phrase

: to be overcharged : to pay too much
You paid $100 for that old bike? You got robbed.

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The user noted that one of the biggest differences is that Americans who get robbed at home are usually robbed at gunpoint. Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026 What if we get robbed on the way? Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 9 Feb. 2026 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. Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025 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 The Beetlejuice 2 set isn’t the first one to get robbed in recent history. Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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“Get robbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20robbed. Accessed 26 Jul. 2026.

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