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Re:Uber London loses licence to operate by JumpCrisscross on Friday September 22, 2017 @12:36PM (#15313665)
> Your use very fringe at best and is very inappropriate anywhere else

New Yorker here. Perfectly fine usage there. “The cab driver robbed me” is our local variant.

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Re:Uber London loses licence to operate by astura on Friday September 22, 2017 @01:06PM (#15313917)
"Robbed" is not the same as "mugged." You are correct that "robbed" does have a colloquial definition.

>informal overcharge (someone) for something.

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