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as in theft
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-off
Noun
Great White Year: 1981 Director: Enzo G. Castellari Runtime: 1h 28m Few Jaws rip-offs are quite as bald-faced in their theft as Great White, an Italian production directed by Enzo G. Castellari. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 21 June 2025 But steeper prices during peak periods and for short-notice visits could rankle guests — who may see anything less than a top-notch experience as a rip-off. Nick Duffy, NBC news, 15 June 2025
Verb
Even when Osborne dips into country or wraps with a hint of reggae, its songs rip – if only in the sense of ripping off a Band-Aid. Joe Lynch, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025 Since that night the Red Sox have gone 5-8 in their last 13 games while the Guardians have ripped off an incredible 13-2 run, vaulting themselves right back into the conversation. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rip-off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rip-off
Noun
  • Despite risks of the sharing and theft of sophisticated technologies and intellectual property, Intel continued, if not exacerbated such risks by continuing to maintain significant entanglement with Tsinghua.
    Andrew King, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The theft of the bracelet comes as Egypt remains one of the world's most popular tourist places, attracting several million visitors per year.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One of the shooting deaths included in ADL’s data involved the suspect robbing a fast-food restaurant and then stealing a getaway vehicle.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Trout’s injuries over the last five seasons will likely rob him of the chance to reach some of baseball’s most important milestones.
    Sam Blum, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One of the shooting deaths included in ADL’s data involved the suspect robbing a fast-food restaurant and then stealing a getaway vehicle.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Those are the Florida cities that typically steal the spotlight.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The type of state where he’s been found guilty of cheating cheating, and she’s been found guilty of emotionally cheating.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 19 Sep. 2025
  • You guys have been dealing with the fallout of this cheating scandal for three years.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In La Cañada Flintridge, California, Chris Yee caught a bold brown bear raiding the family’s garage fridge and swiping a slice of watermelon.
    Ronnie Li, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Its current trajectory puts it on course to swipe Hong Kong, and make landfall sometime Wednesday over Guangdong province, the observatory says.
    Danny Lee, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • How To Cut Okra Properly When choosing okra, pick pods that are firm but give slightly when squeezed, with a bright, even color.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
  • No more than the width of a credit card, bed bugs can squeeze behind electrical outlets, along window frames, under loose wallpaper and even in the head of a screw.
    Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ortega, 22, hit the red carpet in a look plucked straight from Givenchy's runway show, which featured several oversized jewels that draped against her chest and upper body.
    Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
  • You got plucked from obscurity to do this project.
    Chris Lee, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Don’t hustle for what’s already yours.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Agents grabbed one man who appeared to be charging up the driveway, pinned him to the ground and hustled him behind the gate with his hands behind his back.
    Caroline Kubzansky, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025

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