rip-off
1 of 2noun
ˈrip-ˌȯf 
1
: an act or instance of stealing : theft
also : a financial exploitation
2
: a usually cheap exploitive imitation
rip off
2 of 2verb
ripped off; ripping off; rips off
transitive verb
1
a
: rob
also : cheat, defraud
b
: steal
2
: to copy or imitate blatantly or unscrupulously
3
: to perform, achieve, or score quickly or easily
ripped off 10 straight points
Synonyms
Noun
- grab
- heist
- pinch
- snatching
- swiping
- theft
Verb
- burglarize
- burgle
- knock off
- knock over
- rob
- steal (from)
- take off [slang]
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Verb the teens ripped off the store where they had been working for the summer the thief ripped off some jewelry as soon as no one was looking
Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1969, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1967, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
ripped off
verb
1
as in robbed
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully the teens ripped off the store where they had been working for the summer Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- robbed
- knocked over
- knocked off
- stole (from)
- took off
- burglarized
- sacked
- burgled
- looted
- stripped
- plundered
- broke in
- ransacked
- plucked
- rifled
- cheated
- stuck up
- exploited
- despoiled
- defrauded
- stuck
- spoiled
- shortchanged
- pillaged
- swindled
- ravished
- squeezed
- stung
- mulcted
- skinned
- fleeced
- chiseled
- hustled
- spoilt
- bled
- cozened
- mugged
- held up
- stript
- rooked
- rolled
- chiselled
2
as in stole
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep the thief ripped off some jewelry as soon as no one was looking Synonyms & Similar Words
- stole
- swiped
- lifted
- grabbed
- robbed
- knocked over
- pilfered
- appropriated
- snatched
- walked off with
- filched
- pinched
- misappropriated
- pocketed
- snitched
- hooked
- nicked
- purloined
- boosted
- ran off with
- hijacked
- nipped
- made away with
- picked
- heisted
- took
- made off with
- thieved
- seized
- plundered
- looted
- sacked
- burglarized
- pillaged
- poached
- rifled
- kidnapped
- grasped
- highjacked
- shoplifted
- abducted
- rustled
- carjacked
- spirited
- nailed
- collared
- sponged
- shanghaied
- kidnaped
- mooched
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- purchased
- bought
- presented
- contributed
- gave
- handed over
- donated
- bestowed
3
as in plucked
to rob by the use of trickery or threats an investigation revealed that a whole slew of suppliers had been ripping off the defense department Synonyms & Similar Words
- plucked
- cheated
- squeezed
- stuck
- stung
- hustled
- shook down
- beat
- screwed
- did
- thimblerigged
- victimized
- defrauded
- deceived
- choused
- sold a bill of goods to
- shortchanged
- took for a ride
- bled
- took to the cleaners
- swindled
- did in
- tricked
- exploited
- suckered
- skinned
- fiddled
- mulcted
- stiffed
- shorted
- bilked
- fleeced
- conned
- betrayed
- gaffed
- chiseled
- reamed
- diddled
- euchred
- flimflammed
- cozened
- rooked
- fooled
- hosed
- skunked
- nobbled
- wrenched
- extorted
- clipped
- chiselled
- gouged
- soaked
- wrung
- duped
- nicked
- milked
- overcharged
- roped (in)
- wrested
- fast-talked
- gulled
- bamboozled
- bitched
- double-crossed
- full capping
- full circle
- full close
- full cock
- full count
- full cousin
- full coverage
- full credit
- full credit for
- full cry
- full dress
- full dress ship
- full duplex
- full force and effect
- full frame
- full framing
- full gainer
- full gate
- full gear
- full gilt
- Full Gospel
- full grade
- full grain
- full grain leather
- full gum