rip-off

See also: ripoff and rip off

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Alternative forms

• ripoff

Etymology

Deverbal from rip off.

Noun

rip-off (plural rip-offs)

2. (countable) A bad deal; an unfair or exorbitant price or rate.

   Antonyms: bargain, good value, value for money; steal (figurative)

   In those days, a hamburger was fifteen cents, and if someone was charging a quarter for a bowl of soup, it was regarded as a rip-off.

   Eighty-seven bucks for a three-ounce piece of fish? What a rip-off! Haute cuisine or not!

4. A theft or robbery.

   He noticed that the window was ajar, and right away he knew in his gut that a rip-off had probably occurred.

6. A scam.

   He promised to mail me a refund, but it was just a rip-off.

8. A copy, especially one that is illegal or inferior.

   Synonym: knockoff

   Are you sure that's a real Rolex and not just a cheap rip-off?

Translations

unfair price or rate

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: zlodějna f, vydřidušství n Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kiskurihinta French: arnaque (fr) f Galician: sabrazo m German: Abzocke (de) f, Nepp (de) m, Reinfall (de) m (letdown) Greek: κομπίνα (el) (kompína) Hungarian: rablás (hu), lehúzás (hu) (slang) Italian: frode (it) f, inculata (it) f, fregatura (it) f, bidone (it) m Japanese: ぼったくり (ja) (bottakuri) Khmer: please add this translation if you can Korean: 바가지 (ko) (bagaji) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: قۆڵ بڕاندن (qoll brrandin) Mon: ပၠံၚ်ခတာ်ကေတ်ဗ္ဒာဲဂှ် Polish: zdzierstwo n Portuguese: roubo (pt) m, fraude (pt) f Spanish: estafa (es) f, fraude (es) m, (Spain) sablazo (es) m, (Latin America) garrotazo (es) m, fajazo m, fajamiento m, fajadura f, clavada (es) f Vietnamese: quỵt (vi)

a theft or robbery

German: Abziehen n (slang)

a scam or swindle

German: Beschiss (de) m (slang), Schwindel (de) m, Betrug (de) m Hungarian: lehúzás (hu) (slang) Plautdietsch: Schwindel m Polish: naciągactwo n, szwindel (pl) m

a cheap illegal copy

German: Abklatsch (de) m (pejorative), Nachbildung (de) f, Imitation (de) f Japanese: ぱくり (ja) (pakuri) Polish: podróba (pl) f, podróbka (pl) f