Dictionary

rip off en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of rip-off.
   alt of rip-off

Forms

rip off en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Meanings

1. (literally) To pull off by ripping.
2. (slang, transitive) To cheat or swindle, especially by charging an excessively high or unfair price.
   • I can't believe how the car dealerships try to rip off their customers.
   • "Nobody wants to feel ripped off, do they? And when you look at refurbishments like this, you must make sure the basics are done well, because that is what makes up most of the passenger experience. It makes people come back," says Darney. 2025 July 23, Richard Wilcock, “A new dawn for the Electrostars”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 25:
   • But a personal and almost menopausal crisis brings him back to an Edinburgh he hardly recognises. As if in a Sergio Leone film, Renton has an obscure need to return, to confront the demons of his past, in particular the three guys he ripped off after a drug deal at the end of the last story. 2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in the Guardian:
3. (slang, transitive) To steal.
   • 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?) 1988 December 18, Christopher Wittke, “Why I Loved Marc Almond From The Minute I First Read About Him”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 23, page 16:
   • - Hey, guys. Where'd you get all that great stuff? - Five-finger discount, man. 1990, "The Telltale Head" (The Simpsons season 1 episode 8)
4. (slang, transitive) To copy, especially illegally.
   • Robert Johnson and the devil, man / Don't know who's gonna rip off who 2013, “Higgs Boson Blues”, in Nick Cave (lyrics), Push the Sky Away, performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds:
   • Boyle revives some of the stylistic tics which found themselves being ripped off by geezer-gangster Britflicks back in the day, but now the freezeframes are briefer, sharper; the movie itself refers back to the original with variant flashback versions of famous scenes, but also Super 8-type images of the boys’ poignant boyhood in primary school. 2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in the Guardian:
   • They ripped off the whole idea from their competitors.

Forms

Deriveds

rip the band-aid off · rip-off · rip off the bandage

Relateds

knock off

Translations (78)

th ฉ้อฉล ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · de hereinlegen ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · th โกง ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · es plagiar ((idiom) to copy, especially illegally) · ja 法外な額を請求する ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · es sablear ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · th เลียนแบบ ((idiom) to copy, especially illegally) · hu megvág ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · fi varastaa ((idiom) to copy, especially illegally) · fr arnaquer ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · ota صاغمق ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · ru ободра́ть ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · pl podrobić ((idiom) to copy, especially illegally) · cs natáhnout ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · fi sumuttaa ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · es timar ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · de übervorteilen ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · ja パクる ((idiom) to copy, especially illegally) · fr escroquer ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · th ฟัน ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · de über den Tisch ziehen ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · no flå ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · es clavar ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · hu koppint ((idiom) to copy, especially illegally) · de über den Tisch ziehen ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · hu lehúz ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · ro țepui ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · el βουτάω ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · vi chặt chém ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · es sablear ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · it spiumare ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · ja ぼったくる ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · th โก่งราคา ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · ru обдира́ть ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · es estafar ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · ru содра́ть три шку́ры ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · pl zedrzeć ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · pl zdzierać ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · es fajar ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · hu átver ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · fi varastaa ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · de abziehen ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · ro țepui ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · de nachmachen ((idiom) to copy, especially illegally) · tl huthot ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · pl podrabiać ((idiom) to copy, especially illegally) · th โขก ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · fr arnaquer ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · th ฉ้อโกง ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · ko 바가지 씌우다 ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · de übers Ohr hauen ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · th ฟันหัวแบะ ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · ca estafar ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · es estafar ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · es tomar el pelo ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · hu lekoppint ((idiom) to copy, especially illegally) · pl ukraść ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · ro păcăli ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · de abkupfern ((idiom) to copy, especially illegally) · la fraudo ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · th ก๊อป ((idiom) to copy, especially illegally) · ro escroca ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · fr escroquer ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · pl kraść ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · tl manloko ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · ja ぼったくる ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · de klauen ((idiom) to copy, especially illegally) · th ฉ้อ ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · th ลอกเลียน ((idiom) to copy, especially illegally) · cs oškubat ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · es timar ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · fi ryöstää ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · el αρπάζω ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · th ลอก ((idiom) to copy, especially illegally) · de abzocken ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate) · fi kusettaa ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · ckb قۆڵ برین ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle) · cs vzít na hůl ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate)