Thesaurus results for RIP-OFFS

rip-offs

noun

plural of rip-off

as in thefts

an instance of theft a daring burglary of the art museum that resulted in one of the greatest rip-offs in history

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Recent Examples of rip-offs Even after 22 years of rip-offs, Samara’s final reveal is still best viewed through one’s fingers. — Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026 Speaking of rip-offs, Ganjei advises rigorous protection against theft. — Carol Besler, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026 After the online store’s supply ran out, sellers took to eBay and Etsy with options ranging from official replicas to blatant rip-offs. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026 According to a transcript, under cross-examination by attorney Lee Rothman, Hennen admitted to drug dealing, gambling rip-offs, and hustling pool throughout the Northeast and Midwest. — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026 The clues led reporters to the Ozarks, where a tangle of local disputes on Facebook and Google review sites and in local courts ultimately tied the Graceland plot to Findley, a grandmother with a decadeslong history of romance rip-offs, forged checks and bank fraud. — Jon Schuppe, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025 Over the past 20 years of Black List darlings and Edgar Wright rip-offs, the American film industry has established a new archetype of cinema filled with quippy antiheroes, gory allegories for domestic strife, and character actors rattling off reference humor. — Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025 More people walk away from bad deals, money sucks, and rip-offs. — Stav Ziv, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025

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thefts

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Similar thefts and vandalism have also happened recently at shuttered schools in San Jose.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
According to El País, police arrested a man on September 17 in Valladolid’s Arturo Eyries neighborhood after witnesses helped investigators connect a series of church thefts committed between July and September.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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