Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang A product or service that is overpriced or of poor quality.
- n. Slang Something, such as a film or story, that is clearly imitative of or based on something else.
- n. Slang A theft.
- n. Slang An act of exploitation.
Wiktionary
- n. countable A bad deal; an unfair price or rate.
- n. A theft or robbery.
- n. A scam.
- n. A copy, especially one that is illegal or inferior.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of stealing
Examples
“And he has heaped scorn on what he calls "rip-off Britain".”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“calls for the government to tackle what he describes as "rip-off Britain".”
“It jumped out at me as a complete rip-off of “The Hurt Locker.””
“I think as writers, we all occasionally “rip-off” a theme or concept, twist it up, and make it our own.”
“Am I correct in saying that this episode was a blatant rip-off of a Friends episode where Ross's fiance Emily forced him to put a halt to his friendship with ex-girlfriend Rachel?”
Ask Matt: Supernatural, USA vs. NBC, Lights Out, Nikita, Criminal Minds and More!
“On your first complaint, that seems a bit extreme to call it a "blatant rip-off.”
Ask Matt: Supernatural, USA vs. NBC, Lights Out, Nikita, Criminal Minds and More!
“Interesting some places might have those on the international side that are a rip-off.”
“Someone needs to tell the politicians in Boston and Washington that Cape Wind, the long-stalled plan to cover 25 square miles of pristine Nantucket Sound with 130 massive steel windmill-turbine towers, is a rip-off.”
“Raising the retirement age simply makes the program a bigger rip-off for a large % of the population, considering most take benefits early at age 62 (about 70% of people).”
Social Security Privatization, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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FTL
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Loaded Dice
Off the straight and narrow; less than straight arrow.
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Lookups on Net
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The Wørd
Trademark of Stephen Colbert and The Colbert Report.
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MEC1 Lesson 112
hop, grab, rip, waylay, tale, alongside, trick, sticker, bumper, lean, pursuit, rear and 38 more...
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