| 单词 | rip-off |
| 释义 | rip-off (once / 71201 pages) n A rip-off is when someone deliberately overcharges for something they're selling, or steals someone else's idea. A movie that uses the exact same plot as an earlier movie might be considered a rip-off. Rip-off is an informal term for a theft or fraud of some kind. If you claim you're selling rare, antique postcards, but they're actually cheap copies you made at home, that's a rip-off. And if you copy an artist's design, print it on a t-shirt, and sell it, that's also a rip-off. First used in the 1960s, rip-off comes from African American slang, from the vernacular rip, "to steal." WORD FAMILYrip-off USAGE EXAMPLESIt looks like a Toblerone rip-off you might buy from unmarked cardboard boxes in markets! The Guardian(Nov 08, 2016) But where some see the ultimate classic rock experience, others see the ultimate classic rock rip-off. Los Angeles Times(Oct 07, 2016) “The tobacco settlement was a rip-off. They ripped us up one side and down the other.” New York Times(Aug 28, 2016) n the act of stealing Syn|Hyper heist robbery larceny by threat of violence |
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