rip off

Thân thiện

The salesman tried to rip off the customer with a fake warranty.

Definition

1. Verb (transitive, slang):
   • To cheat or defraud someone, especially by charging a price that is far too high or by taking money dishonestly.
   • To steal something.

Usage

• The verb "rip off" is commonly used in informal contexts.
• It is a separable phrasal verb. The object (the person being cheated or the thing stolen) can come between "rip" and "off" or after the entire phrase.
  • They ripped me off. OR They ripped off the customers.
• The passive form is also common: .

Examples

• Verb:
  • The tourist felt the taxi driver ripped him off by taking a longer route.
  • Don't buy souvenirs there; they rip off tourists.
  • I can't believe I paid $10 for this coffee. I was completely ripped off!
  • The design was ripped off from a smaller, independent artist.

Advanced Usage

• "rip-off" (noun): A thing that is not worth its price; a fraud or swindle.
  • This phone is a total rip-off; it stopped working after a week.
  • The movie was just a cheap rip-off of a classic story.

Variants and Related Words

• Rip-off (n): As shown above, the noun form refers to the act or an instance of cheating, or the overpriced item itself.
• Ripper (n, informal): Can refer to someone who commits theft or fraud, though it is less common for this specific meaning.

Synonyms

• Cheat: To act dishonestly or unfairly to gain an advantage.
• Swindle: To use deception to deprive someone of money or possessions.
• Overcharge: To charge too high a price.
• Fleece (informal): To take money from someone dishonestly, especially by overcharging.

Phrasal Verbs

• Rip off is itself a phrasal verb. Its usage patterns (separable, used in passive voice) are central to its meaning.

Related Idioms

• To feel ripped off: To have the strong feeling that one has been cheated or overcharged.
  • After seeing the same shirt for half the price online, I felt ripped off.

Học thuật

Verb

1. deprive somebody of something by deceit
   • The con-man beat me out of $50
   • This salesman ripped us off!
   • we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme
   • They chiseled me out of my money

Từ đồng nghĩa

• cheat
• chisel