rip off
Speech parts
1. rip off - Noun
2. rip off - Verb
3. rip off - Phrase
Meaning
deprive somebody of something by deceit
the act of stealing
take without the owner's consent
remove by pulling or ripping violently and forcefully
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Examples
Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off.
As for the moral status of majority rule, it must be pointed out that it allows for A and B to band together to rip off C, C and A in turn joining to rip off B, and then B and C conspiring against A, and so on.
The main message of Climate Revolution is that climate change is caused by the rotten financial system we've got, designed to create poverty and rip off any profits for a small amount of rich people. Meanwhile, it destroys the earth.
What do you think?" I whisper to Peeta. "About the fire?" "I'll rip off your cape if you'll rip off mine," he says through gritted teeth.
Democracy allows for A and B to band together to rip off C. This is not justice, but a moral outrage.
The people who were learning from me tended to be more commercial performers who were gonna rip off the salient idea to do it in a way that will sell, but they weren't going for the music.