rip off

rip ¹

 (rĭp)

v. ripped, rip·ping, rips

v.tr.

1.

a. To cut, tear apart, or tear away roughly or energetically. See Synonyms at tear¹.

b. To cause to be pulled apart, as by an accident: He ripped his pants when he bent over.

2. To split or saw (wood) along the grain.

3. Computers To copy (audio or audio-visual material from) a CD or DVD.

4. To subject to vehement criticism or attack: The critic ripped the tedious movie.

5. Informal To produce, display, or utter suddenly: ripped out a vicious oath.

6. Vulgar Slang To expel (a discharge of intestinal gas).

v.intr.

1. To become torn or split apart.

2. Informal To move quickly or violently.

n.

1. The act of ripping.

2. A torn or split place, especially along a seam.

3. A ripsaw.

Phrasal Verbs:

rip into

To attack or criticize vehemently: ripped into her opponent's political record.

rip off Slang

1. To steal from: thieves who ripped off the unsuspecting tourist.

2. To steal: ripped off a leather jacket while ostensibly trying on clothes.

3. To exploit, swindle, cheat, or defraud: a false advertising campaign that ripped off consumers.

Idiom:

let it/'er rip Informal

To allow something to start or happen with vigor or energy.

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[Middle English rippen, from Flemish; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

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rip ²

 (rĭp)

n.

1. A stretch of water in a river, estuary, or tidal channel made rough by waves meeting an opposing current.

2. A rip current.

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[Probably from rip.]

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rip ³

 (rĭp)

n.

1. A dissolute person.

2. An old or worthless horse.

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[Possibly shortening and alteration of reprobate.]

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RIP

abbr. Latin

requiescat in pace (may he rest in peace; may she rest in peace)

rip off

vb

1. (tr) to tear violently or roughly (from)

2. (adverb) slang to steal from or cheat (someone)

n

3. an article or articles stolen

4. a grossly overpriced article

5. the act of stealing or cheating

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

rip off - 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" cheat, chisel gazump - raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price cozen - cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man" fleece, gazump, overcharge, plume, rob, soak, surcharge, hook, pluck - rip off; ask an unreasonable price bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, swindle, short-change, victimize - deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" bilk - cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money bunk, beat - avoid paying; "beat the subway fare" whipsaw - victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations welch, welsh - cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt victimise, victimize - make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man" beguile, hoodwink, juggle - influence by slyness

rip

verb

1. To separate or pull apart by force:

rend, rive, run, split, tear.

2. Informal. To move swiftly:

bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom.

Informal: hotfoot.

Slang: barrel, highball.

Chiefly British: nip.

Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.

phrasal verb
rip into

To criticize harshly and devastatingly:

blister, drub, excoriate, flay, lash, scarify, scathe, scorch, score, scourge, slap, slash.

Informal: roast.

Slang: slam.

Idioms: burn someone's ears, crawl all over, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to.

phrasal verb
rip off

1. Slang. To take (another's property) without permission:

filch, pilfer, purloin, snatch, steal, thieve.

Informal: lift, swipe.

Slang: cop, heist, hook, nip, pinch, snitch.

Idiom: make off with.

2. Slang. To exploit (another) by charging too much for something:

fleece, overcharge.

Slang: clip, gouge, nick, scalp, skin, soak.

Idioms: make someone pay through the nose, take someone for a ride , take someone to the cleaners .

noun

A hole made by tearing:

rent, run, tear.

Translations

يَسْرِقُ

ošidit

flå

ausbeutenrippen

χρεώνω ληστρικά

estafartimar

veloittaa liikaa

arnaquerniquer

oguliti do gole kože

derubarestrappare via

法外な値をふっかける

사기치다

afscheurenafzetten

svindle

zedrzeć

enganarroubar

обсчитывать

skörta upp

คิดราคามากเกินไป

kazıklamak

tính giá quá đắt

敲...竹杠

w>rip off

vt sep

(lit) → abreißen (prep obj von); clothing → herunterreißen; he ripped off her dress → er riss ihr das Kleid vom Leib

(inf) object, goods → mitgehen lassen (inf); bank, shop, house → ausrauben; person → abzocken (inf)

rip off

→ يَسْرِقُ ošidit flå ausbeuten χρεώνω ληστρικά estafar, timar veloittaa liikaa arnaquer oguliti do gole kože derubare 法外な値をふっかける 사기치다 afzetten svindle zedrzeć enganar, roubar обсчитывать skörta upp คิดราคามากเกินไป kazıklamak tính giá quá đắt 敲...竹杠