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Rip off

noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Misspelling of rip-off. alt-of, misspelling
Verb
  1. 1
    To pull off by ripping. literally
  2. 2
    remove by pulling or ripping violently and forcefully wordnet
  3. 3
    To cheat or swindle, especially by charging an excessively high or unfair price. slang, transitive

    "I can't believe how the car dealerships try to rip off their customers."

  4. 4
    take without the owner's consent wordnet
  5. 5
    To steal. slang, transitive

    "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?)"

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  1. 6
    deprive somebody of something by deceit wordnet
  2. 7
    To copy, especially illegally. slang, transitive

    "They ripped off the whole idea from their competitors."

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