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Rip off Common

Rip off has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

Misspelling of rip-off.

Verb
1

deprive somebody of something by deceit

"The con-man beat me out of $50"

"This salesman ripped us off!"

"we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"

"They chiseled me out of my money"

2

take without the owner's consent

"Someone stole my wallet on the train"

"This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

3

remove by pulling or ripping violently and forcefully

"The passing bus tore off her side mirror"

4

To pull off by ripping

Example Sentences
"The con-man beat me out of $50" verb
"This salesman ripped us off!" verb
"we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme" verb
"They chiseled me out of my money" verb
"Someone stole my wallet on the train" verb
"This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" verb
"The passing bus tore off her side mirror" verb
See Also
robbery rip offs rook inferior swindle deal rip steal
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
victimize take remove
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
gazump cozen overcharge victimize gyp bilk beat whipsaw welsh juggle pilfer rustle shoplift pirate plagiarize pocket embezzle rob hook walk off hustle loot burglarize
Rhyming Words
off boff hoff doff coff loff moff koff toff goff geoff scoff swoff groff cloff droff gnoff feoff snoff nroff
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