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    [Noun]  | "rip-off" | \ ˈrip-ˌȯf \


    1: an act or instance of stealing : theft; also : a financial exploitation

    2: a usually cheap exploitive imitation


    Origin: 1969 ;

    [Verb]  | "rip off" 


    1: rob; also : cheat, defraud

    2: steal

    3: to copy or imitate blatantly or unscrupulously


    Origin: 1967 ;

    [Noun]  | "rip-off" 


    1: an instance of theft;


      * e.g., " ... a daring burglary of the art museum that resulted in one of the greatest rip-offs in history "



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    [Verb]  | "rip off" 


    1: to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully;


      * e.g., " ... the teens ripped off the store where they had been working for the summer "



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    2: to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep;


      * e.g., " ... the thief ripped off some jewelry as soon as no one was looking "



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    3: to rob by the use of trickery or threats;


      * e.g., " ... an investigation revealed that a whole slew of suppliers had been ripping off the defense department "



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     [ "rip-off" ]

    1: Stealing ideas and/or products to create something of lesser value. To take credit for something that is not their own. To slightly alter an existing idea and product for personal benefit. Disregard the origin of the true creation in attempt to cmake a quick buck and turn a few heads.

      * e.g.,  ... Skateboards built by someone who cannot skate. To base all designs off of other existing products and people's creations. Quality is not considered. 

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    1: a price that's unreasonably expensive

      * e.g.,  ... To charge $25 for a 12 ounce can of soda is a rip-off. 

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    1: To cheat something out of an objects true value.

     [ "rip-off" ]

    1: Anything offered by Rogers cable

      * e.g.,  ... Rogers guy:  

     [ "rip-off" ]

    1: A bad circumcision.

      * e.g.,  ... What an absolute rip-off that was. 

     [ "rip off" ]

    1: When you're on the bad side of the deal. See ripped off.

      * e.g.,  ... That $500 guitar was a rip off. I strummed it once and all the strings broke off! 

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    1: Apple Inc.

      * e.g.,  ... Apple Inc will rip-off you for everything you buy, 

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    1: ) When an object's true value is perceived as much less than the seller's asking value.

      * e.g.,  ... ) Have you seen the prices of a Mac Pro? What a rip off. I could buy two equally-powerful PCs for that much. ) The Great Giana Sisters is just a rip off of Super Mario Bros. 


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    2: ) Someone who participates in the act.


     [ "rip off" ]

    3: ) Cleverly-concealed plagiarism, with just enough changes to get past others' legal rights.

     [ "rip off" ]

    1: A rip off is a lesser, inferior imitation of something

      * e.g.,  ... My sister is a rip off of me. 

     [ "ripped off" ]

    1: When one is at the worse end of the deal. See rip off

      * e.g.,  ... The three hundred dollar watch he sold me didn't work, and it wasn't even real gold! I so got ripped off! 

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