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Recent Examples of rip-offs
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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rip-offs
thefts
Noun
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The total damage from the thefts could potentially reach $300,000, according to the parent company Kroger.—
Erik S. Hanley,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The investigation, led by multiple agencies including the Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement, tied the group to 44 thefts across 17 counties.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Rip-offs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rip-offs. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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