RIPPING OFF Synonyms: 135 Similar and Opposite Words

ripping off

verb

present participle of rip off

as in robbing

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 stealing

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 cheating

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 ripping off The basic set-up, for years, was just a comic ripping off a joke and performing it on stage; the infamous mid-2000s Comedy Store stand-off between Joe Rogan and alleged joke thief Carlos Mencia is one of the most famous examples. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026 More telling is the Gators generated just six runs of at least 10 yards during back-to-back losses after ripping off 13 of them during two SEC wins. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026 The footage taken in the Panhandle region shows the wind ripping off the roof of the hotel, which sits about 17 miles inland from Pensacola beaches. — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026 The offense mostly held up their end of the bargain, racking up 446 yards and ripping off several explosive plays. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 There’s also been online chatter leaning toward the antisemitic (Lefty is Jewish), and other comments painting her as a thieving mastermind knowingly ripping off songs. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026 The Pigeon River tore through her trailer at another mobile home park during Helene, ripping off the siding so passersby could see through her entire house. — Ren Larson, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2026 This isn’t the first time Musk has been accused of ripping off the smaller companies that helped build his business empire. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 5 Aug. 2026 James missed three games early in March, the Lakers ripping off wins against Indiana, New York and Minnesota without him. — Dan Woike, New York Times, 26 July 2026

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Guardado was convicted of robbing and killing a woman in order to buy drugs in 2004.

— David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
To her, romance and courtship isn’t just ambient but invasive, robbing her of friends — both in the sense that men can’t seem to leave things platonic, while women either mock her or shun her in favor of a new date.

— Kambole Campbell, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

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Earlier that day, at a different campaign event about 90 miles east in Canfield, a man carrying two handguns, brass knuckles, and a Taser had barreled toward Acton while yelling her name, knocking over an elderly couple in the crowd.

— Sarah Todd, STAT, 22 Sep. 2026
Even the odd chance to counter-attack went badly wrong — summed up by the sight of Ouattara almost knocking over team-mate Mikkel Damsgaard with a wayward pass.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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Instagram Stories remain at the top of the feed, per screenshots from Oncescu, while swiping the screen pulls up the traditional feed of posts from accounts a user follows.

— Mia Sato, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026
Billed as an immersive matchmaking experience and a new take on the dating show, the format features singletons who are tired of swiping and first dates and are ready to get hitched.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

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Democrats have hammered on meat as well, but mainly just as one of the staples that cost more under Trump, squeezing voters’ pocketbooks.

— Nicholas Riccardi, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
Democrats have hammered on meat as well, but mainly just as one of the staples that cost more under Trump, squeezing voters' pocketbooks.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of squeezing

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LLMs are great at finding blowups that exist—at searching the infinite landscape of fluid scenarios and plucking out the precise situation that breaks the equations.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2026
Fortunately, many dahlia insect problems in September can be solved by walking through the garden in the morning and plucking the offending insects off the plants by hand, then dropping them into a container of soapy water.

— Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of plucking

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That money has been transformed into frequent online and television ads either stinging or lauding the two candidates.

— John Aguilar, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026
Indy struggled against Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens in its season opener, then took a stinging 33-30 overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

— Elise Devlin, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2026

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