Idiom of the day :- Daylight robbery

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

One day Malcolm went shopping. He was so shocked at the cost of things that he got angry. ‘These prices are absurd !’ he shouted. ‘It’s daylight robbery to change such prices !’ What Malcolm was saying was that in his opinion, the prices were so high that shopkeepers seemed to be robbing people of their money.