"rip off" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-rip off.ogg [Australia] Forms: rip offs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rip off (plural rip offs)
  1. Misspelling of rip-off. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: rip-off
    Sense id: en-rip_off-en-noun-MasJIBRJ

Verb

Audio: En-au-rip off.ogg [Australia] Forms: rips off [present, singular, third-person], ripping off [participle, present], ripped off [participle, past], ripped off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rip off (third-person singular simple present rips off, present participle ripping off, simple past and past participle ripped off)
  1. (literal) To pull off by ripping. Derived forms: rip-off Related terms: knock off Translations (to pull off by ripping): одирам (odiram) (Bulgarian), درانرن (dranrin) (Central Kurdish), repiä irti (Finnish), arracher (French), abreißen (German), wegreißen (German), arrancar (Portuguese), rupe (Romanian), сдира́ть (sdirátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), содра́ть (sodrátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), обдира́ть (obdirátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ободра́ть (obodrátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), arrancar (Spanish), koparmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-rip_off-en-verb-KJ3QRnF5 Disambiguation of 'to pull off by ripping': 98 2 0 0
  2. (transitive, slang) To cheat or swindle, especially by charging an exorbitant or unfair fee. Tags: slang, transitive Translations ((idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate): oškubat [perfective] (Czech), natáhnout [perfective] (Czech), vzít na hůl [idiomatic, perfective] (Czech), varastaa (Finnish), arnaquer (French), escroquer (French), abzocken (German), über den Tisch ziehen [idiomatic] (German), übervorteilen (German), lehúz (Hungarian), 法外な額を請求する (Hōgai-na Gaku o Seikyū-suru) (Japanese), 바가지 씌우다 (bagaji ssuiuda) (Korean), flå (Norwegian), țepui (Romanian), обдира́ть (obdirátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ободра́ть (obodrátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), содра́ть три шку́ры (sodrátʹ tri škúry) [perfective] (Russian), estafar (Spanish), sablear (Spanish) Translations ((idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle): estafar (Catalan), قۆڵ برین (qoll brîn) (Central Kurdish), ryöstää (Finnish), sumuttaa (Finnish), kusettaa [vulgar] (Finnish), arnaquer (French), escroquer (French), abziehen (German), übers Ohr hauen [idiomatic] (German), über den Tisch ziehen [idiomatic] (German), hereinlegen (German), αρπάζω (arpázo) (Greek), βουτάω (voutáo) (Greek), megvág (Hungarian), átver (Hungarian), spiumare (Italian), fraudo (Latin), păcăli (Romanian), escroca (Romanian), țepui (Romanian), estafar (Spanish), timar (Spanish), tomar el pelo (Spanish), sablear (Spanish), huthot (Tagalog), manloko (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-rip_off-en-verb-XZVOOAcF Disambiguation of '(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate': 8 83 0 9 Disambiguation of '(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle': 2 57 39 1
  3. (transitive, slang) To steal. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-rip_off-en-verb-V6eOpCNB
  4. (transitive, slang) To copy, especially illegally. Tags: slang, transitive Translations ((idiom) to copy, especially illegally): varastaa (Finnish), abkupfern (German), klauen (German), nachmachen (German), koppint (Hungarian), lekoppint (Hungarian), plagiar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rip_off-en-verb-sjNavibO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 14 28 4 44 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 10 23 19 7 41 Disambiguation of '(idiom) to copy, especially illegally': 1 5 0 94

Inflected forms

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          "text": "But a personal and almost menopausal crisis brings him back to an Edinburgh he hardly recognises. As if in a Sergio Leone film, Renton has an obscure need to return, to confront the demons of his past, in particular the three guys he ripped off after a drug deal at the end of the last story.",
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          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
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          "word": "estafar"
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          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
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          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
          "code": "fi",
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          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
          "word": "abziehen"
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          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
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          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
          "word": "hereinlegen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "arpázo",
          "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
          "word": "αρπάζω"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "voutáo",
          "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
          "word": "βουτάω"
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          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
          "word": "megvág"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
          "word": "átver"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
          "word": "spiumare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "qoll brîn",
          "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
          "word": "قۆڵ برین"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
          "word": "fraudo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
          "word": "păcăli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
          "word": "escroca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
          "word": "țepui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
          "word": "estafar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
          "word": "timar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
          "word": "tomar el pelo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
          "word": "sablear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
          "word": "huthot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 57 39 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
          "word": "manloko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 0 9",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "oškubat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 0 9",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "natáhnout"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 0 9",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "vzít na hůl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 0 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
          "word": "varastaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 0 9",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
          "word": "arnaquer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 0 9",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
          "word": "escroquer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 0 9",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
          "word": "abzocken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 0 9",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
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          "word": "über den Tisch ziehen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 0 9",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
          "word": "übervorteilen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 0 9",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
          "word": "lehúz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 0 9",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "Hōgai-na Gaku o Seikyū-suru",
          "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
          "word": "法外な額を請求する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 0 9",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bagaji ssuiuda",
          "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
          "word": "바가지 씌우다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 0 9",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
          "word": "flå"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 0 9",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
          "word": "țepui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 0 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obdirátʹ",
          "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "обдира́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 0 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obodrátʹ",
          "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "ободра́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 0 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "(intransitive, idiomatic, lit.: \"rip off three hides\") сдира́ть три шку́ры impf (sdirátʹ tri škúry)",
          "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 0 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sodrátʹ tri škúry",
          "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "содра́ть три шку́ры"
        },
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          "_dis1": "8 83 0 9",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
          "word": "estafar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 83 0 9",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
          "word": "sablear"
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          "ref": "1990, \"The Telltale Head\" (The Simpsons season 1 episode 8)",
          "roman": "- You ripped it off?",
          "text": "- Hey, guys. Where'd you get all that great stuff?\n- Five-finger discount, man."
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        "To steal."
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          "text": "They ripped off the whole idea from their competitors.",
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        {
          "ref": "2013, “Higgs Boson Blues”, in Nick Cave (lyrics), Push the Sky Away, performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds",
          "text": "Robert Johnson and the devil, man / Don't know who's gonna rip off who",
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          "ref": "2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in the Guardian",
          "text": "Boyle revives some of the stylistic tics which found themselves being ripped off by geezer-gangster Britflicks back in the day, but now the freezeframes are briefer, sharper; the movie itself refers back to the original with variant flashback versions of famous scenes, but also Super 8-type images of the boys’ poignant boyhood in primary school.",
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        "To copy, especially illegally."
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        "(transitive, slang) To copy, especially illegally."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 5 0 94",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "(idiom) to copy, especially illegally",
          "word": "varastaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 5 0 94",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(idiom) to copy, especially illegally",
          "word": "abkupfern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 5 0 94",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(idiom) to copy, especially illegally",
          "word": "klauen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 5 0 94",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(idiom) to copy, especially illegally",
          "word": "nachmachen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 5 0 94",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(idiom) to copy, especially illegally",
          "word": "koppint"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 5 0 94",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(idiom) to copy, especially illegally",
          "word": "lekoppint"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 5 0 94",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(idiom) to copy, especially illegally",
          "word": "plagiar"
        }
      ]
    }
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}
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "word": "knock off"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To pull off by ripping."
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        "(literal) To pull off by ripping."
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    },
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          "text": "I can't believe how the car dealerships try to rip off their customers.",
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        {
          "ref": "2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in the Guardian",
          "text": "But a personal and almost menopausal crisis brings him back to an Edinburgh he hardly recognises. As if in a Sergio Leone film, Renton has an obscure need to return, to confront the demons of his past, in particular the three guys he ripped off after a drug deal at the end of the last story.",
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        "(transitive, slang) To cheat or swindle, especially by charging an exorbitant or unfair fee."
      ],
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        "slang",
        "transitive"
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    },
    {
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1990, \"The Telltale Head\" (The Simpsons season 1 episode 8)",
          "roman": "- You ripped it off?",
          "text": "- Hey, guys. Where'd you get all that great stuff?\n- Five-finger discount, man."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To steal."
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      "links": [
        [
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          "steal"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang) To steal."
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        "slang",
        "transitive"
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        {
          "text": "They ripped off the whole idea from their competitors.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, “Higgs Boson Blues”, in Nick Cave (lyrics), Push the Sky Away, performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds",
          "text": "Robert Johnson and the devil, man / Don't know who's gonna rip off who",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in the Guardian",
          "text": "Boyle revives some of the stylistic tics which found themselves being ripped off by geezer-gangster Britflicks back in the day, but now the freezeframes are briefer, sharper; the movie itself refers back to the original with variant flashback versions of famous scenes, but also Super 8-type images of the boys’ poignant boyhood in primary school.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To copy, especially illegally."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "copy"
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        [
          "illegal",
          "illegal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang) To copy, especially illegally."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "odiram",
      "sense": "to pull off by ripping",
      "word": "одирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to pull off by ripping",
      "word": "repiä irti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to pull off by ripping",
      "word": "arracher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to pull off by ripping",
      "word": "abreißen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to pull off by ripping",
      "word": "wegreißen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "dranrin",
      "sense": "to pull off by ripping",
      "word": "درانرن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to pull off by ripping",
      "word": "arrancar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to pull off by ripping",
      "word": "rupe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sdirátʹ",
      "sense": "to pull off by ripping",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сдира́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sodrátʹ",
      "sense": "to pull off by ripping",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "содра́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obdirátʹ",
      "sense": "to pull off by ripping",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обдира́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obodrátʹ",
      "sense": "to pull off by ripping",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ободра́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to pull off by ripping",
      "word": "arrancar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to pull off by ripping",
      "word": "koparmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "estafar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "ryöstää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "sumuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "kusettaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "arnaquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "escroquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "abziehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "übers Ohr hauen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "über den Tisch ziehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "hereinlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "arpázo",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "αρπάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "voutáo",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "βουτάω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "megvág"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "átver"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "spiumare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "qoll brîn",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "قۆڵ برین"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "fraudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "păcăli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "escroca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "țepui"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "estafar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "timar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "tomar el pelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "sablear"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "huthot"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "(idiom) to steal, cheat or swindle",
      "word": "manloko"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "oškubat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "natáhnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "vzít na hůl"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
      "word": "varastaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
      "word": "arnaquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
      "word": "escroquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
      "word": "abzocken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "über den Tisch ziehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
      "word": "übervorteilen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
      "word": "lehúz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Hōgai-na Gaku o Seikyū-suru",
      "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
      "word": "法外な額を請求する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bagaji ssuiuda",
      "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
      "word": "바가지 씌우다"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
      "word": "flå"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
      "word": "țepui"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obdirátʹ",
      "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обдира́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obodrátʹ",
      "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ободра́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "(intransitive, idiomatic, lit.: \"rip off three hides\") сдира́ть три шку́ры impf (sdirátʹ tri škúry)",
      "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sodrátʹ tri škúry",
      "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "содра́ть три шку́ры"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
      "word": "estafar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(idiom) to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate",
      "word": "sablear"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(idiom) to copy, especially illegally",
      "word": "varastaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(idiom) to copy, especially illegally",
      "word": "abkupfern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(idiom) to copy, especially illegally",
      "word": "klauen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(idiom) to copy, especially illegally",
      "word": "nachmachen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(idiom) to copy, especially illegally",
      "word": "koppint"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(idiom) to copy, especially illegally",
      "word": "lekoppint"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(idiom) to copy, especially illegally",
      "word": "plagiar"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "rip off"
  ],
  "word": "rip off"
}

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