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rip-off (rpôf, -f)

n. Slang

1. A product or service that is overpriced or of poor quality.

2. Something, such as a film or story, that is clearly imitative of or based on something else.

3. A theft.

4. An act of exploitation.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

rip-off - the act of stealing                   heist robbery - larceny by threat of violence jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

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rip-off ripoff

noun (Slang) cheat, con (informal), scam (slang), con trick (informal), fraud, theft, sting (informal), robbery, exploitation, swindle, daylight robbery (informal) Christmas shopping is a rip-off.

Translations

rip-off [ˈrɪpɒf] N

1. (= swindle) it's a rip-off! → ¡es una estafa or un robo!

2. (= imitation) [of film, song etc] → plagio m, copia f

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rip-off

n (inf) → Wucher m, → Nepp m (inf); (= cheat) → Schwindel m; (= copy: of film, song etc) → Abklatsch m; it’s a rip-off → das ist Wucher or Nepp (inf) → /Schwindel/nachgemacht or ein Abklatsch; he’d been the victim of a rip-off → er war ausgenommen worden (inf)

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rip-off [ˈrɪpˌɒf] n (fam) it's a rip-off! → è un furto!

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rip-off → سرقة vydřidušství det rene røveri Wucher αισχροκέρδεια estafa, timo ylihintainen tavara tai palvelu arnaque pretjerano skupo furto 暴利 사취 afzetterij svindel zdzierstwo fraude грабеж uppskörtning การโกง การหลอกลวง การต้มตุ๋น kazık việc bán quá đắt 宰人的价钱