rip off
(Slang)
[verb]
Synonyms: swindle, cheat, con (informal), defraud, fleece, rob, skin (slang)
[noun]
Synonyms: swindle, cheat, con (informal), con trick (informal), fraud, scam (slang), theft

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Related Words: abuse, exploit, impose (on or upon), use, bleed, fleece, gauge, skin, soak, stick

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

rip somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verb informal (see also rip)

1. to charge someone too much money for something Synonym : overcharge:
The agency really ripped us off.

2. to steal something:
Somebody had come in and ripped off the TV and stereo.

3. to take words, ideas etc from someone else’s work and use them in your own work as if they were your own ideas Synonym : plagiarize
⇒ rip-off(2)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

ˈrip-off noun [countable]

1. informal something that is unreasonably expensive:
The meal was a rip-off and the service was appalling.

2. music, art, films etc that are rip-offs copy something else without admitting that they are copies
rip-off of
a rip-off of a hit movie
⇒ rip off at rip(1)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

rip off
rip (someone) off
1.
to cheat or deceive someone.
If your kids lie to you, you feel emotionally ripped off.

She offers advice on how you can keep restaurants from ripping you off.

2.
to steal from someone.
He admitted he had ripped off a drug smuggler and blown up his boat.

I have a great idea for a book, but I don't want the publisher to rip me off.

rip (something) off
to steal something.
Two students ripped off a fund for leukemia patients.

I ripped off the idea from an old friend.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

rip something off
rip (something) off
to steal something.
Two students ripped off a fund for leukemia patients.

I ripped off the idea from an old friend.

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rip-off
[informal]
something that is not worth as much money as you have to pay for it.
Mobile phones can be a real rip-off if you're not careful.

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rip off
• rip off (someone or something)
to cheat/rob someone or something
I was ripped off by the mechanic at the gas station.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

rip off something
• rip off (someone or something)
to cheat/rob someone or something
I was ripped off by the mechanic at the gas station.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

rip off(1)
v., slang (Stress on "off") Steal.
The hippies ripped off the grocery store.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

rip-off(2)
n., slang (Stress on "rip") An act of stealing or burglary.
Those food prices are so high, it's almost a rip-off.

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