RIPPED OFF Synonyms: 137 Similar and Opposite Words

ripped off

verb

past tense of rip off

as in robbed

to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully the teens ripped off the store where they had been working for the summer

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as in stole

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep the thief ripped off some jewelry as soon as no one was looking

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as in plucked

to rob by the use of trickery or threats an investigation revealed that a whole slew of suppliers had been ripping off the defense department

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Recent Examples of ripped off The Club taught Gen X and millennial kids how to feel ripped off — the ultimate punk lesson. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026 In Adams County, the tornado had ripped off a sizeable portion of a barn's roof and carried it southeast for 200 yards, into a crop field. — Jane Park, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2026 This was the content ID that gave IP owners a chance to get paid when users ripped off their songs for YouTube or something? — Max Tani, semafor.com, 14 Aug. 2026 After Javontay Barnett ripped off a 30-yard run on the first play of the game, the Kowboys gained just 64 yards on their next 42 attempts. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026 The likes of Disney and Netflix sent ByteDance cease-and-desist letters after titles including Stranger Things and The Avengers were being ripped off. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026 On July 25, Patterson Park Pool was closed for the day after staff found fecal contamination in the water and multiple drain grates had been ripped off and thrown into the pool. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 The simplest way to protect them from being ripped off by a cunning adversary is to get the customer in a queue and serve them your special magic on your terms. — Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 If intellectual property is ripped off wholesale, there will be little incentive to create more of it. — Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026

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Verb

In October 2025, jewelry worth $102 million was robbed from the Louvre in Paris.

— News Desk, Artforum, 28 Aug. 2026
Named after Blythe Street — a short thoroughfare flanked by overcrowded apartments — the crew had robbed, stole, peddled drugs and shot up rivals since the 1980s, seemingly untroubled by the city of Los Angeles’ attempts to defeat it.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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But for guests seeking deeper immersion in nature, the wildflower garden with more than 200 plant species looks like it was plucked straight from a fairy tale.

— Brian Cicioni, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2026
The Muir swivel chair in oxblood velvet feels plucked out of a Hollywood Regency–style boutique hotel lobby.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of plucked

Verb

The rest of us just got the surface, but who could feel cheated?

— Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Child safety advocates and some parents have welcomed age restrictions, while privacy groups say the rules can be cheated and that forcing users to supply identification raises privacy concerns.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of cheated

Verb

America’s aging farmers have been holding on to machinery for longer than usual as low crop prices and rising costs squeezed their finances.

— Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Officials said the bears appeared to have squeezed through a 1-foot-wide opening in the concrete structure (likely seeking water during hot, humid weather) and then couldn’t get back out.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of squeezed

Verb

Officers hustled the residents, including the children, out of the home, while Walsh and the second officer found the suspect hiding in a bathroom.

— Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026
Two of the men quickly hopped up and hustled down the sidewalk, while the third sat for a second before replacing the manhole cover, and walked away, the video shows.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of hustled

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