rip off
rip off
theft, cheat, swindle, defraudment
Rip off
Rip off or
rip-off may refer to:
- Ripoff, a term used for mischievous financial transactions, copies, imitations or plagiarism
- Rip-Off, an arcade game
Rip-Off
Ripoff
A
ripoff (or
rip-off) is a bad
financial transaction. Usually it refers to an incident in which a person is
overcharged for something, or receives goods or services not of the standard expected for the price. A ripoff is usually distinguished from a
scam in that a scam involves wrongdoing such as
fraud; a ripoff may be considered excessive, but not illegal.
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"
(synonym) cheat, chisel
(hypernym) victimize, victimise
(hyponym) gazump
(entail) deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
(derivation) heist, rip-off
rip-off
Noun
1. the act of stealing
(synonym) heist
(hypernym) robbery
(derivation) cheat, rip off, chisel
(classification) cant, jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
rip-off
n.
zlodějina
rip off
oskubać kogoś
rip-off
Rzecz.
złodziejstwo; oszustwo