rip-offn.

Brit.

/ˈrɪpɒf/, U.S.

/ˈrɪpˌɔf/,

/ˈrɪpˌɑf/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to rip off 3 at rip v.¹ Phrasal verbs 1.

Etymology: < to rip off 3 at rip v.¹ Phrasal verbs 1.

slang (originally U.S.).

1. An act of stealing, a theft; (hence) a fraud, a swindle; (more generally) any instance of esp. financial exploitation.Earliest in rip-off artist n. at Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > instance or piece of

lurch1533

fool-finder1685

chouse1708

swindle1778

swindling1814

do1821

shave1834

steal1872

fiddle1874

diddle1885

ramp1888

tweedle1890

take-down1892

window dressing1892

gyp1898

bobol1907

flanker1923

hype1926

have-on1931

chizz1953

scam1963

rip-off1968

rip1971

1968 B. W. Gilbert Ten Blocks from White House ix. 146 There were the ‘rip-off artists’ and other systematic looters, who went to a specific store and looked for items to use or sell.

1969 A. Hoffman Woodstock Nation 130 There were promises of more to come if they made bread on the event... There were still going to be problems, especially once other groups found out about the rip-off.

1973 Houston Chron. 21 Oct. 7/3 Dunlop said the increased spring markups had been ‘inflationary’, a polite word in the context for ‘ripoff’.

1975 N.Y. Times 14 Apr. 30/4 A five-day week, with ten paid holidays, plus a ten-week paid vacation yearly. Such a contract is a ‘rip-off’.

1986 B. Geldof Is that It? v. 54 Three quid! For that! What a rip-off!

1991 Utne Reader July–Aug. 112/2 (advt.) Includes 4 free reports on surviving air crash, traveling healthy, avoiding rip-offs, saving travel dollars.

2000 Minx Aug. 34/4 I forgot to pack any undies so had to buy some boxer shorts at the last minute and got stung for £42.50—rip off!

2006 Guardian 29 Apr. (Money section) 5/1 These are just a few examples of the gift voucher rip-off whereby retailers time-limit vouchers, in almost all cases for no justifiable reason.

2. Something that is created in imitation of something else, esp. cheaply and exploitatively; (also) an act of imitating in this manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > want of originality > plagiarism > something plagiarized or purloined

plagiuma1620

plagiarya1643

plagiarism1780

rip-off1969

1969 D. L. Lee Don't cry, Scream 33 The double-breasted hipster has been replaced with a dashiki wearing rip-off who went to city college.

1971 Newsweek 18 Oct. 38/3 Most of the architecture is Inspired Bastard, most of the historical re-creations are Shameless Ripoff.

1976 Time (Canada) 19 Jan. 16/3 Flynt runs three Hustler Clubs in Ohio, tacky rip-offs of the Playboy Clubs, offering expensive drinks and leggy ‘hostesses’.

1991 Highways & Transportation Aug. (Appointments & Events Suppl.) 101 The sequel, ‘prequel’ or plain old rip-off of established classics is a rather murky byway of literature.

2007 Golf Punk Oct. 117/1 In design terms the new 500 is an unashamed rip off of the exact same philosophy that's brought BMW unprecedented success (and wonga) with the new Mini.

3. A person who steals, a thief. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun]

thief688

bribera1387

stealer1508

taker?a1513

goodfellow1566

snatcher1575

lift1591

liftera1592

larcin1596

Tartar1602

lime-twig1606

outparter1607

Tartarian1608

flick1610

puggard1611

gilt1620

nim1630

highwayman1652

cloyer1659

out-trader1660

Robin Goodfellow1680

birdlime1705

gyp1728

filch1775

kiddy1780

snaveller1781

larcenist1803

pincher1814

geach1821

wharf-rat1823

toucher1837

larcener1839

snammer1839

drummer1856

gun1857

forker1867

gunsmith1869

nabber1880

thiever1899

tea-leaf1903

gun moll1908

nicker1909

knocker-off1926

possum1945

scuffler1961

rip-off1969

1969 Pacific Stars & Stripes (Tokyo) 29 June (Sunday Mag. section) 7/2 Who do you have on Haight Street today? You have burn artists (dishonest dope peddlers), rip-offs (thieves), and snitchers (police finks).

1971 Rolling Stone 24 June 8/3 I call them rip-offs, and they are, nothing but pirates and vultures.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

ΚΠ

1968Rip-off artist [see sense 1].

1969 Chicago Tribune 24 Jan. i. a1/2 Cox reportedly specializes in organizing ‘ripoff’ teams, Panthers who specialize in robberies and muggings.

1971 National Times (Austral.) 15–20 Feb. 1/3 In Sydney comics and books have been appearing from the ‘rip-off’ press—the underground printers and publishers who are printing editions of banned books sneaked singly through Customs.

1976 New Yorker 5 Apr. 31/2 Cargo leaving New York for places like South America is often a kind of object lesson in rip-off economics.

1989 Empire Sept. 98/2 A more authentic feel than most of the black rip-off pictures of the period.

1992 Times 12 Sept. 24/6 Insurers..seduce with trivial discounts or pressurise by refusal of theft cover so that householders are forced to pay rip-off prices to what appears to act as an illegal cartel.

2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 20 Jan. (Central ed.) w3/3 The rest of the team sets out to get revenge. It won't be easy, because their mark knows all the tricks of the rip-off trade.

C2.

rip-off artist n. a person who carries out a rip-off; a thief, a fraudster.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun]

feature14..

frauderc1475

prowler1519

lurcher1528

defrauder1552

frauditor1553

taker-upc1555

verserc1555

fogger1564

Jack-in-the-box1570

gilenyer1590

foist1591

rutter1591

crossbiter1592

sharker1594

shark1600

bat-fowler1602

cheater1606

foister1610

operator1611

fraudsman1613

projector1615

smoke-sellera1618

decoy1618

firkera1626

scandaroon1631

snapa1640

cunning shaver1652

knight of industrya1658

chouse1658

cheat1664

sharper1681

jockey1683

rooker1683

fool-finder1685

rookster1697

sheep-shearer1699

bubbler1720

gyp1728

bite1742

swindler1770

pigeon1780

mace1781

gouger1790

needle1790

fly-by-night1796

sharp1797

skinner1797

diddler1803

mace cove1811

mace-gloak1819

macer1819

flat-catcher1821

moonlight wanderer1823

burner1838

Peter Funk1840

Funk1842

pigeoner1849

maceman1850

bester1856

fiddler1857

highway robber1874

bunco-steerer1875

swizzler1876

forty1879

flim-flammer1881

chouser1883

take-down1888

highbinder1890

fraud1895

Sam Slick1897

grafter1899

come-on1905

verneuker1905

gypster1917

chiseller1918

tweedler1925

rorter1926

gazumper1932

chizzer1935

sharpie1942

sharpster1942

slick1959

slickster1965

rip-off artist1968

shonky1970

rip-off merchant1971

1968Rip-off artist [see sense 1].

1970 N.Y. Times Mag. 29 Nov. 62/2 A culture has its own betrayers, its home-grown rip-off artists and flim-flam men.

1977 It May 5/2 I am not suggesting that the Pink Floyd are rip-off artists, but it is undeniable that much contemporary music is a response to alienation.

1989 in R. Graef Talking Blues xii. 344 This group of yobs is a notorious bunch of rip-off artists. They're professional crooks. They destroyed this girl.

2008 Scotsman (Nexis) 20 June Dodging or engaging with the rip-off artists or entrepreneurs is part of the experience at Giza.

rip-off Britain n. Britain, perceived as a place where goods and services are significantly more expensive than in other countries, esp. within the European Union.

ΚΠ

1998 Independent 7 Sept. 15 (headline) Are we paying to live in rip-off Britain?

2007 G. Waggett In my Blood ix. 111 I decided to serve my ninety days' notice because pulling out, taking the money and going to rip-off Britain would mean big bills as soon as I got there.

rip-off merchant n. = rip-off artist n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun]

feature14..

frauderc1475

prowler1519

lurcher1528

defrauder1552

frauditor1553

taker-upc1555

verserc1555

fogger1564

Jack-in-the-box1570

gilenyer1590

foist1591

rutter1591

crossbiter1592

sharker1594

shark1600

bat-fowler1602

cheater1606

foister1610

operator1611

fraudsman1613

projector1615

smoke-sellera1618

decoy1618

firkera1626

scandaroon1631

snapa1640

cunning shaver1652

knight of industrya1658

chouse1658

cheat1664

sharper1681

jockey1683

rooker1683

fool-finder1685

rookster1697

sheep-shearer1699

bubbler1720

gyp1728

bite1742

swindler1770

pigeon1780

mace1781

gouger1790

needle1790

fly-by-night1796

sharp1797

skinner1797

diddler1803

mace cove1811

mace-gloak1819

macer1819

flat-catcher1821

moonlight wanderer1823

burner1838

Peter Funk1840

Funk1842

pigeoner1849

maceman1850

bester1856

fiddler1857

highway robber1874

bunco-steerer1875

swizzler1876

forty1879

flim-flammer1881

chouser1883

take-down1888

highbinder1890

fraud1895

Sam Slick1897

grafter1899

come-on1905

verneuker1905

gypster1917

chiseller1918

tweedler1925

rorter1926

gazumper1932

chizzer1935

sharpie1942

sharpster1942

slick1959

slickster1965

rip-off artist1968

shonky1970

rip-off merchant1971

1971 J. Mandelkau Buttons xiii. 149 From now on my club was going to have nought to do with the Alternative society and its rip-off merchants.

2000 N. Griffiths Grits (2001) 462 Barstard fuckin crusty rip-off merchant wankas. Takin a fuckin liberty. Ad get someone ta Molotov tha cunt's caravan if there wasn't a bleedin baby in it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rip-off
释义	rip-offn. Brit. /ˈrɪpɒf/, U.S. /ˈrɪpˌɔf/, /ˈrɪpˌɑf/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to rip off 3 at rip v.¹ Phrasal verbs 1. Etymology: < to rip off 3 at rip v.¹ Phrasal verbs 1. slang (originally U.S.). 1. An act of stealing, a theft; (hence) a fraud, a swindle; (more generally) any instance of esp. financial exploitation.Earliest in rip-off artist n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > instance or piece of lurch1533 fool-finder1685 chouse1708 swindle1778 swindling1814 do1821 shave1834 steal1872 fiddle1874 diddle1885 ramp1888 tweedle1890 take-down1892 window dressing1892 gyp1898 bobol1907 flanker1923 hype1926 have-on1931 chizz1953 scam1963 rip-off1968 rip1971 1968 B. W. Gilbert Ten Blocks from White House ix. 146 There were the ‘rip-off artists’ and other systematic looters, who went to a specific store and looked for items to use or sell. 1969 A. Hoffman Woodstock Nation 130 There were promises of more to come if they made bread on the event... There were still going to be problems, especially once other groups found out about the rip-off. 1973 Houston Chron. 21 Oct. 7/3 Dunlop said the increased spring markups had been ‘inflationary’, a polite word in the context for ‘ripoff’. 1975 N.Y. Times 14 Apr. 30/4 A five-day week, with ten paid holidays, plus a ten-week paid vacation yearly. Such a contract is a ‘rip-off’. 1986 B. Geldof Is that It? v. 54 Three quid! For that! What a rip-off! 1991 Utne Reader July–Aug. 112/2 (advt.) Includes 4 free reports on surviving air crash, traveling healthy, avoiding rip-offs, saving travel dollars. 2000 Minx Aug. 34/4 I forgot to pack any undies so had to buy some boxer shorts at the last minute and got stung for £42.50—rip off! 2006 Guardian 29 Apr. (Money section) 5/1 These are just a few examples of the gift voucher rip-off whereby retailers time-limit vouchers, in almost all cases for no justifiable reason. 2. Something that is created in imitation of something else, esp. cheaply and exploitatively; (also) an act of imitating in this manner. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > want of originality > plagiarism > something plagiarized or purloined plagiuma1620 plagiarya1643 plagiarism1780 rip-off1969 1969 D. L. Lee Don't cry, Scream 33 The double-breasted hipster has been replaced with a dashiki wearing rip-off who went to city college. 1971 Newsweek 18 Oct. 38/3 Most of the architecture is Inspired Bastard, most of the historical re-creations are Shameless Ripoff. 1976 Time (Canada) 19 Jan. 16/3 Flynt runs three Hustler Clubs in Ohio, tacky rip-offs of the Playboy Clubs, offering expensive drinks and leggy ‘hostesses’. 1991 Highways & Transportation Aug. (Appointments & Events Suppl.) 101 The sequel, ‘prequel’ or plain old rip-off of established classics is a rather murky byway of literature. 2007 Golf Punk Oct. 117/1 In design terms the new 500 is an unashamed rip off of the exact same philosophy that's brought BMW unprecedented success (and wonga) with the new Mini. 3. A person who steals, a thief. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] thief688 bribera1387 stealer1508 taker?a1513 goodfellow1566 snatcher1575 lift1591 liftera1592 larcin1596 Tartar1602 lime-twig1606 outparter1607 Tartarian1608 flick1610 puggard1611 gilt1620 nim1630 highwayman1652 cloyer1659 out-trader1660 Robin Goodfellow1680 birdlime1705 gyp1728 filch1775 kiddy1780 snaveller1781 larcenist1803 pincher1814 geach1821 wharf-rat1823 toucher1837 larcener1839 snammer1839 drummer1856 gun1857 forker1867 gunsmith1869 nabber1880 thiever1899 tea-leaf1903 gun moll1908 nicker1909 knocker-off1926 possum1945 scuffler1961 rip-off1969 1969 Pacific Stars & Stripes (Tokyo) 29 June (Sunday Mag. section) 7/2 Who do you have on Haight Street today? You have burn artists (dishonest dope peddlers), rip-offs (thieves), and snitchers (police finks). 1971 Rolling Stone 24 June 8/3 I call them rip-offs, and they are, nothing but pirates and vultures. Compounds C1. General attributive. ΚΠ 1968Rip-off artist [see sense 1]. 1969 Chicago Tribune 24 Jan. i. a1/2 Cox reportedly specializes in organizing ‘ripoff’ teams, Panthers who specialize in robberies and muggings. 1971 National Times (Austral.) 15–20 Feb. 1/3 In Sydney comics and books have been appearing from the ‘rip-off’ press—the underground printers and publishers who are printing editions of banned books sneaked singly through Customs. 1976 New Yorker 5 Apr. 31/2 Cargo leaving New York for places like South America is often a kind of object lesson in rip-off economics. 1989 Empire Sept. 98/2 A more authentic feel than most of the black rip-off pictures of the period. 1992 Times 12 Sept. 24/6 Insurers..seduce with trivial discounts or pressurise by refusal of theft cover so that householders are forced to pay rip-off prices to what appears to act as an illegal cartel. 2006 Wall St. Jrnl. 20 Jan. (Central ed.) w3/3 The rest of the team sets out to get revenge. It won't be easy, because their mark knows all the tricks of the rip-off trade. C2. rip-off artist n. a person who carries out a rip-off; a thief, a fraudster. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] feature14.. frauderc1475 prowler1519 lurcher1528 defrauder1552 frauditor1553 taker-upc1555 verserc1555 fogger1564 Jack-in-the-box1570 gilenyer1590 foist1591 rutter1591 crossbiter1592 sharker1594 shark1600 bat-fowler1602 cheater1606 foister1610 operator1611 fraudsman1613 projector1615 smoke-sellera1618 decoy1618 firkera1626 scandaroon1631 snapa1640 cunning shaver1652 knight of industrya1658 chouse1658 cheat1664 sharper1681 jockey1683 rooker1683 fool-finder1685 rookster1697 sheep-shearer1699 bubbler1720 gyp1728 bite1742 swindler1770 pigeon1780 mace1781 gouger1790 needle1790 fly-by-night1796 sharp1797 skinner1797 diddler1803 mace cove1811 mace-gloak1819 macer1819 flat-catcher1821 moonlight wanderer1823 burner1838 Peter Funk1840 Funk1842 pigeoner1849 maceman1850 bester1856 fiddler1857 highway robber1874 bunco-steerer1875 swizzler1876 forty1879 flim-flammer1881 chouser1883 take-down1888 highbinder1890 fraud1895 Sam Slick1897 grafter1899 come-on1905 verneuker1905 gypster1917 chiseller1918 tweedler1925 rorter1926 gazumper1932 chizzer1935 sharpie1942 sharpster1942 slick1959 slickster1965 rip-off artist1968 shonky1970 rip-off merchant1971 1968Rip-off artist [see sense 1]. 1970 N.Y. Times Mag. 29 Nov. 62/2 A culture has its own betrayers, its home-grown rip-off artists and flim-flam men. 1977 It May 5/2 I am not suggesting that the Pink Floyd are rip-off artists, but it is undeniable that much contemporary music is a response to alienation. 1989 in R. Graef Talking Blues xii. 344 This group of yobs is a notorious bunch of rip-off artists. They're professional crooks. They destroyed this girl. 2008 Scotsman (Nexis) 20 June Dodging or engaging with the rip-off artists or entrepreneurs is part of the experience at Giza. rip-off Britain n. Britain, perceived as a place where goods and services are significantly more expensive than in other countries, esp. within the European Union. ΚΠ 1998 Independent 7 Sept. 15 (headline) Are we paying to live in rip-off Britain? 2007 G. Waggett In my Blood ix. 111 I decided to serve my ninety days' notice because pulling out, taking the money and going to rip-off Britain would mean big bills as soon as I got there. rip-off merchant n. = rip-off artist n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] feature14.. frauderc1475 prowler1519 lurcher1528 defrauder1552 frauditor1553 taker-upc1555 verserc1555 fogger1564 Jack-in-the-box1570 gilenyer1590 foist1591 rutter1591 crossbiter1592 sharker1594 shark1600 bat-fowler1602 cheater1606 foister1610 operator1611 fraudsman1613 projector1615 smoke-sellera1618 decoy1618 firkera1626 scandaroon1631 snapa1640 cunning shaver1652 knight of industrya1658 chouse1658 cheat1664 sharper1681 jockey1683 rooker1683 fool-finder1685 rookster1697 sheep-shearer1699 bubbler1720 gyp1728 bite1742 swindler1770 pigeon1780 mace1781 gouger1790 needle1790 fly-by-night1796 sharp1797 skinner1797 diddler1803 mace cove1811 mace-gloak1819 macer1819 flat-catcher1821 moonlight wanderer1823 burner1838 Peter Funk1840 Funk1842 pigeoner1849 maceman1850 bester1856 fiddler1857 highway robber1874 bunco-steerer1875 swizzler1876 forty1879 flim-flammer1881 chouser1883 take-down1888 highbinder1890 fraud1895 Sam Slick1897 grafter1899 come-on1905 verneuker1905 gypster1917 chiseller1918 tweedler1925 rorter1926 gazumper1932 chizzer1935 sharpie1942 sharpster1942 slick1959 slickster1965 rip-off artist1968 shonky1970 rip-off merchant1971 1971 J. Mandelkau Buttons xiii. 149 From now on my club was going to have nought to do with the Alternative society and its rip-off merchants. 2000 N. Griffiths Grits (2001) 462 Barstard fuckin crusty rip-off merchant wankas. Takin a fuckin liberty. Ad get someone ta Molotov tha cunt's caravan if there wasn't a bleedin baby in it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rip-offadj. Brit. /ˈrɪpɒf/, U.S. /ˈrɪpˌɔf/, /ˈrɪpˌɑf/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rip v.¹, off adv. Etymology: < rip v.¹ + off adv. Designating a device that has to be torn off in order to open or reveal something; cf. tear-off adj. and n. (a) at tear- comb. form 1. ΚΠ 1972 Oversight—Methadone Maintenance Program, Buffalo, N.Y. (Hearing before U.S. House Interstate & Foreign Commerce Comm., 92nd Congr., 2nd Sess.) 27 The date of administration, dosage, and patient's number is typed onto a rip-off label on the bottle. 2006 J. Glass Whole World Over 123 The flyer gave Stan's number over and over on little rip-off tabs at the bottom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1968adj.1972
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rip-offn.

Compounds

rip-offadj.