ripped off

rip off

1. verb Literally, to tear or pull something off of someone or something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "rip" and " off." The throng of screaming fans nearly ripped the singer's shirt off. Luckily, I remembered to rip off the price tag before handing Sara her gift.
2. verb To steal (something). A noun or pronoun can be used between "rip" and "off." The kids were caught going to different shops around the city and ripping off snacks. If you're ripping cars off, you're going to get caught!
3. verb To plagiarize or shamelessly copy something or someone. A noun or pronoun can be used between "rip" and "off." I can't believe he ripped my idea off like that! Hey, that was my idea! Don't rip me off like that!
4. verb To steal from or defraud someone; to cheat or swindle someone. A noun or pronoun can be used between "rip" and "off." The guy said it was a great deal for such a rare album, but I'm starting to think he ripped me off. The CEO was convicted for ripping off nearly a quarter of a million customers over the course of a decade.
5. noun An instance of theft or fraud; a cheat or swindle. The phrase is often used to indicate that the product promised or advertised was not what was delivered. In this usage, the phrase is usually hyphenated or spelled as a single word. They sign you up for recurring payments but never actually send the magazines. It's just a big rip-off. This didn't even come with batteries? What a rip-off!
6. noun An instance of blatant or shameless plagiarism. In this usage, the phrase is usually hyphenated. It's a cool-looking movie, but the plot is a total rip-off of "Alien." This didn't even come with batteries? What a rip-off!
See also: off, rip
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ripped off

verb
See ripped up
See also: off, ripped
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • blow off
  • blow someone/something off
  • check off
  • base off (of) (something else)
  • bite off
  • blow off the map
  • cast off
  • cheese someone off
References in periodicals archive
"When the Gas Board came and found that the pipe had been ripped off the wall, the engineer said if someone had lit a cigarette it could have caused an explosion which could have blown up both houses.
I'm under siege from vandal attacks
I will consider believing that owners are being ripped off when they are not so very numerous in their willingness to take the risk of winning prizes which are 'only' 70 per cent funded by punters and sponsors for races which have stud-fee implications far beyond the worth of the prize- money paid on the day.
Letter: Amazed
The pain of having that tape ripped off must have -esque so he to suffer everyone ling at ection grows The pain of having that tape ripped off must have been bikini-wax-esque so he shouldn't have to suffer the indignity of everyone unfairly giggling at his bald mid-section until the fur grows back too.
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Megachains Pizza Hut and Home Depot separately denied claims in court in Los Angeles on Thursday and Friday that they ripped off music by the band The Black Keys in TV spots, reports (http://www.sacbee.com/2012/08/17/4735630/pizza-hut-home-depot-deny-copying.html) the Associated Press .
Pizza Hut and Home Depot Deny Legal Allegations, Did They Rip Off The Black Keys? [VIDEOS]
And they should be made personally responsible for reimbursing every penny of the pounds 290million the bank was fined to all the customers they ripped off.
You owe us a Bob or two, Diamond
Now it's a case of "those who rip-off" and "those who get ripped off".
The great rip-off
A LEGAL executive who ripped off clients and a building society to the tune of pounds 280,000 admitted fraud charges.
LEGAL CLERK RIPPED OFF HIS CLIENTS
They're not alone in being ripped off. The FSA has fined firms millions of pounds for improper selling of payment protection insurance.
money people: POLICIES AT A PREMIUM
SIR - I refer to an article headed "Quality mark designed to kill off the cowboys", (The Western Mail, March 27), which is introduced by alleging that "most" of us know somebody who has been ripped off by a cowboy builder.
Quality builder
But both pieces ended with suggestions that--the complexities of buying spare parts notwithstanding-- someone had ripped off the government.
The case for the $435 hammer
The banks fought for years to avoid giving back the pounds 8BILLION they had ripped off from customers but eventually they had to admit defeat.
PPI mis-selling victims ripped off once again
THE disclosure that motorists are being ripped off by garages with faulty petrol pumps is scandalous and this must be stopped.
Pump pimps are making fuels of us
A PUB-GOER had part of his ear ripped off in a vicious late-night assault in Hartlepool.
Part of ear torn off in assault; INBRIEF
I (like many others) did last year then got ripped off by them offering children, who are still in full-time education, season tickets for pounds 99.
Letter: Your Shout - I FEEL I have to write
THERE was a time when Scots feared being ripped off when they went abroad.
Record View : Fares are foul