What does rob-dog mean?

rob-dog

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

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"No one likes to be the first to raise prices for fear of being branded a "rob dog" or a "speculator" and losing trade, for all fear the reaction of customers and competitors (see Table V)."
"A rob-dog taxi driver wanted 60,000 dong to take us to the hotel—the same 11,000 dong trip we took a few days ago. When I told him that I know it's only 1km away and only costs 11,000 dong, he replied “okay, 20,000 dong”."

rob-dogs (plural)

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