Converse of object

• avoid: By making sure we got our money in via British Telecom we would avoid credit card rip-offs " .

• end: They are finally forced to end one rip-off after many years of delaying tactics and maneuvering, so they switch to another one.

• stop: Ultimately, tho, the only thing we can do to stop the rip-off is get prices reduced at the source.

• call: Corking profits: How our best restaurants massively overcharge for wine Published: 28 September 2005 It could be called the great wine rip-off.

Adjective modifier

• blatant: In perhaps the most blatant rip-off, we have a techno-geek agent who supplies our main hero with the gadgets to complete the mission.

• cheap: Check it out: XML tags are just a cheap rip-off of PHP tags.

• total: I find their pricing to be a total rip-off.

• big: Well Umu is the Emperor's New Restaurant, behind a super posh façade lays the biggest rip-off I've ever seen.

• complete: Dave Quinlan, the council's consumer services officer, said: " These boots are a complete rip-off.

• great: By far the greatest banking rip-off of all time, the Savings & Loan scam sees the same cast of players at work.

Modifies a noun

• merchant: Risks Like with any car boot sale or auction, a small number of people will be rip-off merchants.

• charge: EXCLUSIVE MPs slam rip-off charges for patients Sunday Mirror, UK - 15 Jul 2006 By Vincent Moss And Stephen Hayward.

• price: Keep refusing to buy games at the rip-off standard prices.

• rate: The Welsh Assembly spokesman confesses that compensation for animals was at the rip-off rate of ' two to three times ' the market value.

• company: Our primary focus this year is to protect consumers from rip-off card companies.

Noun used with modifier

• insurance: Is the great ' travel insurance rip-off ' alive, well and living on your high street?

• valentine: Avoid the great Valentine rip-off Where to find gifts at prices that won't break your heart - and the bank.

• bank: The Independent Banking Advisory Service consumer group accused the Government of failing tp protect the public against bank rip-offs.

• card: By making sure we got our money in via British Telecom we would avoid credit card rip-offs " .

• holiday: Exposed: Spanish holiday home rip-off Exposed: Spanish holiday home rip-off.. .