Meanings
plural rip-offs · alternative ripoff
- countableA bad deal; an unfair or exorbitant price or rate.
Eighty-seven bucks for a three-ounce piece of fish? What a rip-off! Haute cuisine or not!
1 more example
In those days, a hamburger was fifteen cents, and if someone was charging a quarter for a bowl of soup, it was regarded as a rip-off.
Antonyms: bargain, good value, value for money, steal
- A scam.
He promised to mail me a refund, but it was just a rip-off.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA bad deal; an unfair or exorbitant price or rate.
nounA copy, especially one that is illegal or inferior.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Deverbal from rip off.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech zlodějna, vydřidušství
- zlodějnaunfair price or rate
- vydřidušstvíunfair price or rate
Finnish kiskurihinta
- kiskurihintaunfair price or rate
French arnaque
- arnaqueunfair price or rate
German Abzocke, Nepp
- Abzockeunfair price or rate
- Neppunfair price or rate
- Reinfall (letdown)unfair price or rate
- Abziehena theft or robbery
- Beschissa scam or swindle
- Schwindela scam or swindle
- Betruga scam or swindle
- Abklatscha cheap illegal copy
- Nachbildunga cheap illegal copy
- Imitationa cheap illegal copy
Greek κομπίνα
- κομπίνα (kompína)unfair price or rate
Hungarian rablás, lehúzás
- rablásunfair price or rate
- lehúzásunfair price or rate
- lehúzása scam or swindle
Italian frode, inculata
- frodeunfair price or rate
- inculataunfair price or rate
- fregaturaunfair price or rate
- bidoneunfair price or rate
- rapinaunfair price or rate
Japanese ぼったくり, ぱくり
- ぼったくり (bottakuri)unfair price or rate
- ぱくり (pakuri)a cheap illegal copy
Korean 바가지
- 바가지 (bagaji)unfair price or rate
Polish zdzierstwo, kradzież
- zdzierstwounfair price or rate
- kradzieża theft or robbery
- naciągactwoa scam or swindle
- szwindela scam or swindle
- podróbaa cheap illegal copy
- podróbkaa cheap illegal copy
Portuguese roubo, fraude
- roubounfair price or rate
- fraudeunfair price or rate
- cópia barataa cheap illegal copy
Russian грабёж, обдира́ловка
- грабёж (grabjóž)unfair price or rate
- обдира́ловка (obdirálovka)unfair price or rate
Spanish estafa, fraude
- estafaunfair price or rate
- fraudeunfair price or rate
- sablazounfair price or rate
- garrotazounfair price or rate
- fajazounfair price or rate
- fajamientounfair price or rate
- fajaduraunfair price or rate
- clavadaunfair price or rate
Vietnamese chặt chém
- chặt chémunfair price or rate
Cite this entry
rip-off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rip-off
“rip-off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rip-off. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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