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Definition of "rip-off" []

  • Slang A product or service that is overpriced or of poor quality. (noun)
  • Slang Something, such as a film or story, that is clearly imitative of or based on something else. (noun)
  • Slang A theft. (noun)
  • Slang An act of exploitation. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "rip-off" in a sentence
  • "And he has heaped scorn on what he calls "rip-off Britain"."
  • "calls for the government to tackle what he describes as "rip-off Britain"."
  • "The only other option, then, is for Greece to leave the Eurozone in an orderly default, renegotiating the recent debt swap deal which Roubini calls a "rip-off" because it actually provides near to no debt-relief given sweeteners offered to creditors, and an exit from the European Monetary Union."
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