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Recent Examples of rip-offs
After the online store’s supply ran out, sellers took to eBay and Etsy with options ranging from official replicas to blatant rip-offs.
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Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2026
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.
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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.
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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.
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Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
11 Sep. 2025
More people walk away from bad deals, money sucks, and rip-offs.
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Stav Ziv,
CNBC,
20 Aug. 2025
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rip-offs
thefts
Noun
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According to Center Line police, at least four air conditioning units from a neighborhood were stolen late last week, and investigators say similar thefts have occurred in Warren as well.
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Police in Largo spent weeks investigating the thefts from Arnold’s Airbnb stay.
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“Rip-offs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rip-offs. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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