rip off

/rɪp ɑf/

/rɪp ɒf/

Other forms: ripped off; ripping off; rips off

Definitions of rip off

1. verb

   deprive somebody of something by deceit
   synonyms: cheat, chisel

   types:

   gazump

   raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price

   cozen

   cheat or trick

   fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge

   rip off; ask an unreasonable price

   bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, shortchange, swindle, victimize

   (offensive) deprive of by deceit

   bilk

   cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money

   beat, bunk

   avoid paying

   whipsaw

   victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations

   welch, welsh

   cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt

   beguile, hoodwink, juggle

   influence by slyness

   extort, gouge, rack, squeeze, wring

   obtain by coercion or intimidation

   short, short-change, shortchange

   cheat out of by giving back less money than is due to someone who has overpaid

   type of:

   victimise, victimize

   make a victim of