VERB
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deprive somebody of something by deceit
This salesman ripped us off!
They chiseled me out of my money
we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme
The con-man beat me out of $50 -
take without the owner's consent
This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation
Someone stole my wallet on the train -
remove by pulling or ripping violently and forcefully
The passing bus tore off her side mirror
How To Use rip off In A Sentence
- He tore a strip off a Marlboro packet, roached it and sat back to admire the craftsmanship. A DARKENING STAIN
- A yachter in South Africa says her trip off the country's picturesque southwestern coast was wrecked by an unexpected whack from a whale. CBS 5 - San Francisco Bay Area's source for news, weather, traffic and sports
- Do your own original work, and do not rip off other's work (as in crafting using other's patterns).
- A quick rip off Tweezers are invaluable for removing odd hairs.
- Once a week my friends and I would strip off layers of burnt skin and weigh them to see who shed the most. Times, Sunday Times
- The paintwork was so bad that we decided to strip off all the paint and start again.
- Following the killings a military order was issued closing the Strip off for three days.
- Their names trip off the tongue very easily.
- An appetite to rip off an entire legion of people, from the players to the coaches to the secretaries to the kit men. Times, Sunday Times
- I am malty come home, strip off the dress outside preexistence door, press a doorbell again.
