rip off

Definitions

1. 1

   Misspelling of rip-off.

2. 2

   To pull off by ripping.

3. 3

   To cheat or swindle, especially by charging an excessively high or unfair price.

   • I can't believe how the car dealerships try to rip off their customers.
   • "Nobody wants to feel ripped off, do they? And when you look at refurbishments like this, you must make sure the basics are done well, because that is what makes up most of the passenger experience. It makes people come back," says Darney.
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   1. 4

      To steal.

      • Rechy's The Sexual Outlaw had been a formative book for me, ever since I ripped it off from a hometown bookstore in my early teens (what was I supposed to do, interact with a clerk?)
      • - Hey, guys. Where'd you get all that great stuff? - Five-finger discount, man.
   2. 5

      To copy, especially illegally.

      • They ripped off the whole idea from their competitors.
      • Robert Johnson and the devil, man / Don't know who's gonna rip off who

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