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rip-off Definition

☆ rip·-off (rip′ôf′)

noun

  1. the act or an instance of stealing, cheating, exploiting, misrepresenting, etc.
  2. a product that is overpriced, esp. one that is inferior or an imitation

rip-off Usage Examples

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.. .