RIPPED OFF Synonyms: 137 Similar and Opposite Words

ripped off

verb

past tense of rip off

as in robbed

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 stole

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 plucked

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 ripped off One, of course, was his opposition to American intervention, but there was also his focus on immigration and his rhetoric on trade—that we’d been ripped off with NAFTA, that our approach to trade policy had allowed other countries to take advantage of us. —

Suzanne Schneider, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026 Boston missed its next 12 shots, and Minnesota ripped off a 16-0 run to break the game open. —

Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2026 The Rams just ripped off the second-biggest second-half comeback in NCAA Tournament history. —

Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026 Some names had been ripped off the lobby marquee, but were still billing Medicare from that address. —

William La Jeunesse, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026 Don't count on an open scrimmage everywhere Several notable programs are declining to go back to the way things were now that the proverbial Band-Aid has been ripped off. —

David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026 Yes, everyone was slowly getting ripped off, but at least they were getting ripped off together. —

Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026 Liu said his 45-year-old driver was injured and his vehicle destroyed in the crash, adding that the van’s front half was ripped off. —

Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026 Rock Canyon’s renowned student section, which showed out on force on Friday, ripped off three consecutive chants with the Jaguars’ win in the bag. —

Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026

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Verb

We were robbed of an incredible human.

— Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026
The 21-year-old McGonigle, who was robbed of his first home run by center fielder Jackson Merrill in the second, worked a 10-pitch at-bat against Wandy Peralta in a lefty-on-lefty matchup that culminated with a single to right field that brought in Gleyber Torres and Colt Keith for a 4-2 lead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026