RIP OFF meaning: Imitate or copy, exploiting original

We found 28 dictionaries that define the word rip off:

General (20 matching dictionaries)

rip off: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
rip-off, rip off: Merriam-Webster
rip-off: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
rip-off: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
rip-off, rip-off, rip off: Collins English Dictionary
rip-off, rip off: Vocabulary.com
Rip-Off, Rip-off, rip-off: Wordnik
rip-off: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
rip-off, rip off: Wiktionary
rip-off: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
rip-off, rip off: Dictionary.com
rip-off: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Rip-Off, Rip-Off (film), Rip off, The Rip-Off, The Rip-Off (novel): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
rip-off, rip off: Rhymezone
rip off: Phrasal Verb Page
rip-off, rip off: FreeDictionary.org
rip-off, rip off: Mnemonic Dictionary
rip-off, rip off: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)

rip off: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

rip off: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

rip off: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

rip off: Idioms

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)

rip off: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
rip-off: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
rip off: ESL Slang page
rip-off: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rip off)

▸ verb:  (literally) To pull off by ripping.
▸ verb:  (transitive, slang) To cheat or swindle, especially by charging an excessively high or unfair price.
▸ verb:  (transitive, slang) To steal.
▸ verb:  (transitive, slang) To copy, especially illegally.
▸ noun:  Misspelling of rip-off. [(countable) A bad deal; an unfair or exorbitant price or rate.]

Similar:

cheat, beat, sell short, pull off, rip out, tear off, rip up, unrip, tear out, scramb, more...

Opposite:

bargain, steal, deal, discount

Types:

bait and switch, Ponzi scheme, pyramid scheme, phishing, vishing, smishing, 419 scam, advance-fee scam, lottery scam, more...

Phrases:

rip it off, rip the bandage off, rip off clothes, more...

Adjectives:

bang up, screwed up, cruel, harsh, ill, beef, roast, busted, banged up, whoopsy, mald

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