to rip

Examples

• All

• Then somebody like Vanilla Ice or Marky Mark comes along and rips us off and gets paid for it.

  Fiction book (1994)

• I'm not trying to RIP off other people's movies.

• I promise not to rip you off.

  L.U.N.A. (2021)

• Just another great story of my dad ripping his own son off.

• Like don't rip your clients off Fair game.

  Meet Kevin

• You come out to find that thieves have ripped off your stereo.

  Blind Date (1987)

• If he gets ripped off, he can't call the police.

  To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

• - Hey, man, just don't rip me off, that's all.

  Blood Hook (1987)

• There's no panic, no disorder, no profiteers ripping off the refugees.

  Fiction book (1998)

• I was furious when I found out that my roommate had tried to rip me off by selling my video games without telling me.

Synonyms

S

to steal

vsto rip

∞ 1.0

Take something that does not belong to you without permission

is informal and stresses quick taking without owner knowledge

J

to jack

vsto rip

• Slang

51 8.6

To steal something quickly or secretly

focuses on taking without the owner's knowledge rather than secret cunning

R

to rip off

vsto rip

• Informal

12 6.3

To steal something quickly without the owner knowing

is a single short word contrasting with the two-word phrase

K

to knock off

vsto rip

• Slang

3 8.4

Steal things, for example electronics or cars

is informal term that is more neutral than rough slang

Antonyms

R

return

81 1.0

An act of giving something back to its owner

Idioms

R

to rip someone's head off

• Offensive

22 8.5

Shout at someone in a very angry way and threaten them

R

to rip your face off

• Offensive

3 9.9

To threaten to hurt someone very badly

G

to give a rip

• Slang

2 9.5

To not care at all about something

R

Rip van Winkle

• Literature

1 9.9

A person who is unaware of changes after a long time away

R

rip-snorting mad

• Informal

1 9.5

Being very angry and hard to calm

Phrasal Verbs

R

to rip off

214 4.5

To pull something away quickly and roughly

R

to rip off

• Informal

180 6.5

To cheat someone by charging too much money or selling fake goods

R

to rip out

172 4.4

To pull something out quickly and with force, often to remove it completely

R

to rip up

48 2.8

To tear something into small pieces

R

to rip to shreds

• Informal

13 6.9

Tear something into many pieces or say very bad things about it

R

to rip off

• Informal

12 6.3

To steal something quickly without the owner knowing

R

to rip it up

• Informal

6 6.7

To tear something into pieces or throw it away and start again

R

to rip into

• Informal

4 7.4

To attack someone with strong angry words

R

to rip off the band-aid

• Informal

2 6.6

Face a difficult or painful situation quickly instead of delaying it

R

to rip out

• Informal

1 6.9

To say something loudly and angrily

Compounds

R

rip-off

• Informal

31 7.2

A situation where someone charges too much money for something

R

rip current

2 6.0

A strong narrow flow of water moving from the shore out to sea that can pull swimmers away

T

tide rip

• Specialized

1 8.8

A stretch of rough water where water flows meet and swirl

How Illegal

to rob

852 1.2

to burgle

• UK

5 5.0

to steal

∞ 1.0

to rip

• Slang

143 8.8

Surface Forms

Etymology