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rip off
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of RIP OFF
1
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully <the teens ripped off the store where they had been working for the summer>
2
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 appropriate, boost [slang], filch, heist, hook, lift, misappropriate, nick [British slang], nip, pilfer, pinch, pocket, purloin, rip off, snitch, swipe, thieve
3
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 beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize
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