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• s  greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
  exorbitant rent

• At this Berlin food store, meat and fish fetched exorbitant prices.
• Similar celebrations featuring exorbitant consumption of animal flesh have marked human victories--in war, sport, politics and commerce--since our species learned to control fire.
• He will find the church there to be fragmented and corrupt, with priests taking wives and charging exorbitant fees to perform marriages.

• extortionate
• outrageous
• steep
• unconscionable
• usurious

News & Articles

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• 10 Most Expensive Pieces of MLB Memorabilia Ever Sold/Auctioned
  Baseball fans are not afraid to put their money where there mouth is—and pay an exorbitant price for memorabilia associated with the game's greats. Just earlier this month , a glove reportedly used by Jackie Robinson in the 1955 and 1956 World Series was sold for $373,002. And if that sounds like a lot, well, you're in for some sticker shock. Not only did that not break the record for most ...
  June 12, 2013 - Bleacher Report
• Lawmakers consider price caps for involuntary tows
  An interim legislative committee is considering new rules to crack down on "exorbitant" fees charged by some tow truck operators.
  June 12, 2013 - KGWN-TV Cheyenne
• Corps official: Costly Coralville Lake flood study may not be necessary
  Federal budget cuts and a congressional ban on earmarks have hindered efforts to get funding for an Iowa reservoir study that officials say could reduce costly flooding. Although the Army Corps of Engineers proposed the $4.7 million study, a local Corps official calls the plan exorbitant and said it may not be necessary to change [...]
  June 9, 2013 - The Gazette

Quotes

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• Bill Clinton in ABC Online
  That's a very great strain on countries' health-care budgets and governments fear all over the world that they will simply not be able to keep pace with some treatment,Mr Clinton said. "The prices are simply exorbitant in middle-income...