"rip-off" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rip-offs [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from rip off. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|rip off}} Deverbal from rip off Head templates: {{en-noun}} rip-off (plural rip-offs)
  1. (countable) A bad deal; an unfair or exorbitant price or rate. Tags: countable Translations (unfair price or rate): قۆڵ بڕاندن (qoll brrandin) (Central Kurdish), zlodějna [feminine] (Czech), vydřidušství [neuter] (Czech), kiskurihinta (Finnish), arnaque [feminine] (French), sabrazo [masculine] (Galician), Abzocke [feminine] (German), Nepp [masculine] (German), Reinfall (letdown) [masculine] (German), κομπίνα (kompína) (Greek), rablás (Hungarian), frode [feminine] (Italian), inculata [feminine] (Italian), fregatura [feminine] (Italian), bidone [masculine] (Italian), ぼったくり (bottakuri) (Japanese), 바가지 (bagaji) (Korean), ပၠံၚ်ခတာ်ကေတ်ဗ္ဒာဲဂှ် (Mon), zdzierstwo [neuter] (Polish), roubo [masculine] (Portuguese), fraude [feminine] (Portuguese), estafa [feminine] (Spanish), fraude [masculine] (Spanish), sablazo [Spain, masculine] (Spanish), garrotazo [Latin-America, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rip-off-en-noun-yid-vvAs Categories (other): English deverbals Disambiguation of English deverbals: 31 37 18 14 Disambiguation of 'unfair price or rate': 93 0 4 2
  2. A theft or robbery. Translations (a theft or robbery): Abziehen [neuter, slang] (German)
    Sense id: en-rip-off-en-noun-49hhGDB7 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English deverbals: 31 37 18 14 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 48 6 13 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 57 6 15 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 55 7 13 Disambiguation of 'a theft or robbery': 1 97 0 2
  3. A scam. Translations (a scam or swindle): Beschiss [masculine, slang] (German), Schwindel [masculine] (German), Betrug [masculine] (German), Schwindel [masculine] (Plautdietsch), naciągactwo [neuter] (Polish), szwindel [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-rip-off-en-noun-b~dSXTFh Categories (other): English deverbals Disambiguation of English deverbals: 31 37 18 14 Disambiguation of 'a scam or swindle': 2 14 79 5
  4. A copy, especially one that is illegal or inferior. Translations (a cheap illegal copy): Abklatsch [masculine, pejorative] (German), Nachbildung [feminine] (German), Imitation [feminine] (German), podróba [feminine] (Polish), podróbka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-rip-off-en-noun-XowzEiE4 Categories (other): English deverbals Disambiguation of English deverbals: 31 37 18 14 Disambiguation of 'a cheap illegal copy': 3 15 5 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ripoff

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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unfair price or rate",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "garrotazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a theft or robbery",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "Abziehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a scam or swindle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "Beschiss"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a scam or swindle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schwindel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a scam or swindle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Betrug"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "a scam or swindle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schwindel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a scam or swindle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "naciągactwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a scam or swindle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szwindel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a cheap illegal copy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "Abklatsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a cheap illegal copy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nachbildung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a cheap illegal copy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Imitation"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a cheap illegal copy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "podróba"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a cheap illegal copy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "podróbka"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:rip-off"
  ],
  "word": "rip-off"
}

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