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rip-off
Alternative clues for the word rip-off
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context countable English) A bad deal; an unfair price or rate. 2 A theft or robbery. 3 A scam. 4 A copy, especially one that is illegal or inferior. n. 1 (context countable English) A bad deal; an unfair price or rate. 2 A theft or robbery. 3 A ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Rip-Off is a vector shoot 'em up released in arcades by Cinematronics in 1980 . It is the first shoot 'em up arcade game to feature cooperative gameplay and the first game to exhibit "flocking" behavior. Rip-Off was ported to the Vectrex home system in ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of stealing [syn: heist ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ This band is nothing but a Pearl Jam rip-off , with no original sound of its own. ▪ We shouldn't have gone there - it was such a rip-off . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I've seen the movie, plus all the rip-offs and sequels. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"an act of fraud, a swindle," 1969, from verbal phrase rip off "to steal or rob" (c.1967) in U.S. black slang, from rip (v.) + off (adv.). Rip was prison slang for "to steal" since 1904, and was also used in this sense in 12c. Meaning "an exploitative imitation, ...
Usage examples of rip-off.
The Land of Laughs -- and realize that not all fantasy novels have to be Tolkein rip-offs or unillustrated barbarian killer comics.
This would seem an ideal opportunity for a diligent prosecutor, unswayed by politics and suitably appalled by such a massive rip-off, to launch a criminal probe.
Rants, music, rip-offs of the latest Bollywood hits: the cat spiders past them all, looking for the final sample.
Mass torts are a scam, a consumer rip-off, a lottery driven by greed that will one day harm all of us.
Both Phaid's winnings and the proceeds from Streetlife's rip-offs had been spent on bribing his way out of a succession of firing squads.
Each day since Andrew has brought new reports of outrageous rip-offs and incompetent workmanship.
Ten years of hapless fixes by Littlechild and his successor have failed to stem the tide of rip-offs at the heart of this unfixable system.
Rants, music, rip-offs of the latest Bollywood hits: The cat spiders past them all, looking for the final sample.
Pros like Beta offer endless aggravation, but fortunately most rip-offs are done by amateurs.
It's always a rip-off, but as old Barnum said, there's a sucker born every minute.