Thesaurus results for RIP-OFFS

rip-offs

noun

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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 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

Noun

However, in 2024, there were 223 car thefts during the same time period.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Since then, crime has fallen and the percentage of solved robberies has increased from 34% to 49%, according to Berkeley Police Chief Jen Louis, who specifically praised the technology for helping track down auto thefts and identifying suspects across the region.

— Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2026