rip off

Questions about rip off

What does rip off mean?

rip off means "deprive somebody of something by deceit". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for rip off?

Close synonyms include cheat, chisel, steal, rip, tear away. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rip off a common word?

rip off is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.