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Dictionary: rip-off   (rĭp'ôf', -ŏf')
n. Slang
  1. A product or service that is overpriced or of poor quality.
  2. Something, such as a film or story, that is clearly imitative of or based on something else.
  3. A theft.
  4. An act of exploitation.

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noun

    The crime of taking someone else's property without consent: larceny, pilferage, steal, theft, thievery. See crimes.

Antonyms: rip-off
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n

Definition: trick; robbery
Antonyms: gift, giving, offering


Wikipedia: Ripoff
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A ripoff (or rip-off) is a bad deal. Usually it refers to an incident in which a person pays too much for something. A ripoff is distinguished from a scam in that a scam involves wrongdoing such as fraud; a ripoff, on the other hand, is in the eye of the beholder.

In a related meaning, a ripoff is a blatant or unscrupulous copy or imitation. This is also known as a knockoff. In both senses there is an associated verb "to rip off", but the location of the preposition differs between the two meanings:

In one of his stand up comedy routines, Dennis Miller jokes about seeing an ad in the National Inquirer: "Learn how to avoid ripoffs - send $5."

In South Africa 'ripping off' can be making a joke of something that a person does on a regular basis.

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Translations: Rip-off
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tyveri, svindel, udnyttelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
afzetten, afscheuren, afzetterij

Français (French)
n. - arnaque

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nepp

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ληστεία, μάδημα, ξεδιάντροπη αντιγραφή

Italiano (Italian)
fregatura, furto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - roubo (m), fraude (f)

Русский (Russian)
обдираловка

Español (Spanish)
n. - timo, robo, estafa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - uppskörtning, (am) stöt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
偷窃

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 偷竊

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 도둑질, 돈을 사취하기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 窃盗, 盗んだ物, 不当な搾取

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غش عن طريق مقاضاة سعر اعلى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הונאה, שוד, גניבה, ניצול, רמאות‬


 
 
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