rip-off merchant

rip-off merchant

One who cons or otherwise deceives people. I wouldn't play cards against him if I were you—he has a reputation as a rip-off merchant.
See also: merchant
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • ripoff
  • rip-off artist
  • off artist
  • compliments of the house
  • your pound of flesh
  • pound of flesh
  • pound of flesh, a
  • on the house
  • let one rip
  • judgement
References in periodicals archive
One follower hit out: "Doesn't matter how much you like golf, Trump is a racist, misogynist and a rip-off merchant."
Dons player called 'eejit' for Trump link
Rip-off merchant: Cowboy builder Paul Henstone left a trail of misery behind him.
COWBOY BUILDER PUT OUT OF WORK BY ASBO
Teale's character is a rip-off merchant of a plumber by day and a not-very-good magician at night.
overheard
For we can reveal the tubby rip-off merchant sells pirate copies of films yet to be released in the United Kingdom.
VIDEO NASTY; Pirate tapes scandal as conman coins it in
BITTER experience tells us that rip-off merchants will always keep on fleecing if they're allowed to.
Fan group plan is just the ticket.. now all UEFA have to do is play fair
David Hickson says the rip-off merchants have been getting away with it for too long
Regulators to crack down on 188 call firms charging [pounds sterling]20 every 90 seconds; EXCLUSIVE: Greedy directory enquiry operators like Telecom2 have been charging extortionate "per call" fees, ripping off the public
Real estate agent, Antonis Loizou, recently stated in your paper that local rip-off merchants in tourist areas have a direct effect on real estate sales.
Rip-off merchants not a huge factor for property buyers
That would give the rip-off merchants involved in these contracts the cut in funding they deserve - and would prevent the need for any further cuts in essential services.
Slash PFI costs and protect our poorest
It is understood the rip-off merchants approached the victim offering to do a small amount of gardening work on Saturday, February 17.
Gang con pensioner, 82, out of thousands
But that hasn't stopped rip-off merchants using "walkers" to go in with several people they have sold tickets to at inflated prices, say experts Ed's record company Atlantic Records said: "Tickets that are resold will not be valid unless they are bought and sold through Twickets.
Sunday Mail July 9, 25 Thinking tout loud; Scalpers snap up Ed briefs
Special exemptions should be in place to protect the sick from rip-off merchants."
TWEETS & POSTS
Good money made in politics, all a bunch of rip-off merchants while the rest of us struggle and use food banks, make every penny count.
WEBCHAT Welsh Government ministers spent PS1.8m on chauffeur-driven cars for ministers
Utter rip-off merchants john83t New plan to limit roadworks to two-mile stretches on M62 While in favour of there being a limit on how much of the motorway is out of action at a time I remain of the mind that the work being done, ie Smart motorway, is going to be a costly mistake for some drivers and was never in approval.
TWEETS & POSTS
Compare this to the rip-off merchants of St James Park where similar half-time sustenance would set you back more than six quid.
Winning 4-0 just isn't the same if I haven't got a pie; PETER MORTIMER on a sombre state of affairs at the coast
In this book, Annika reveals the truth of a call girl's life; the clients, the girls, the parlor bosses, the rip-off merchants, the drug deaths, the white slavery, the discrimination, the corrupt police and politicians, the exotic travel and the money.
New Memoir Discusses One Woman's Eighteen Year Career as an International Escort or Call Girl