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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
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.
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026
One filled with phone booths and newsstands and Gray’s Papaya on practically every grimy street corner — a New York where getting your bicycle ripped off was almost as much a rite of passage as stomping on your first cockroach.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 5 Mar. 2026
Its ornate bird wing has been ripped off.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
The cabin pressure dropped so quickly that a fifteen-year-old boy had his shirt ripped off his back.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Trailing 65-62 with less than three minutes left in the second half, Fayetteville State ripped off eight unanswered points for a 70-65 lead with 38 seconds remaining.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2026
So when seniors are ripped off online, or predators engage in child exploitation, Skinner says Collin County has the technology to track down entire criminal networks.
—J.d. Miles, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Cunningham's third foul — in which the junior seemingly got in a good position to deflect a pass to Woolfolk in the second half's opening minutes — drew the ire of Texas coach Vic Schaefer, who ripped off his suit jacket in protest.
—Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
The anglers who helped promote Dual Threat Fishing and competed in the league’s first (and only) two tournaments are now saying they were ripped off by DTF.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2026
Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026
One filled with phone booths and newsstands and Gray’s Papaya on practically every grimy street corner — a New York where getting your bicycle ripped off was almost as much a rite of passage as stomping on your first cockroach.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 5 Mar. 2026
Its ornate bird wing has been ripped off.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
The cabin pressure dropped so quickly that a fifteen-year-old boy had his shirt ripped off his back.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Trailing 65-62 with less than three minutes left in the second half, Fayetteville State ripped off eight unanswered points for a 70-65 lead with 38 seconds remaining.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2026
So when seniors are ripped off online, or predators engage in child exploitation, Skinner says Collin County has the technology to track down entire criminal networks.
—J.d. Miles, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Cunningham's third foul — in which the junior seemingly got in a good position to deflect a pass to Woolfolk in the second half's opening minutes — drew the ire of Texas coach Vic Schaefer, who ripped off his suit jacket in protest.
—Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
The anglers who helped promote Dual Threat Fishing and competed in the league’s first (and only) two tournaments are now saying they were ripped off by DTF.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ripped off
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In Oakland, he’s charged with murder under the provocative act theory, with prosecutors alleging he and his cousin, Roosevelt Jones, robbed a man who fought back and killed Jones lawfully.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2026
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The Sacramento County District Attorney's Office said the jury also found true that Brasser robbed Starzynski.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Charging documents from Howard County allege that Gough mostly stole jewelry and electronics.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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In 2018, for instance, Israel’s Mossad national intelligence agency broke into an Iranian facility and stole archives on Iran’s nuclear activities, 55,000 pages and another 55,000 files stored on CDs.—
Gregory F. Treverton,
The Conversation,
3 Mar. 2026
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The European flax bedding comes embellished with a crocheted seam just above the ruffled edge and looks like it was plucked right out of a Victorian trousseau.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
28 Feb. 2026
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Rather than wait on her line tho, Sesno smartly came forward and plucked the ball out of the air before a shot could be taken.—
Clark Fahrenthold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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Then Jones swiped second and Seth Brown sent him home with a single that dropped right into no-man’s land as two outfielders and the shortstop converged.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Adrian Rodriguez singled, then stole second, before Temo Becerra reached on an error and swiped second base himself.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
8 Mar. 2026
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Some people like to vote on election day, said Dianne Clinkscale from Dallas, arguing that the county’s voters got cheated out their right on to vote.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Mar. 2026
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Visitors to the sites at Independence Park were cheated when they were cut off from facts that enable us to imagine ourselves in the lives of those who lived and worked there.—
Carol Quillen,
Time,
21 Feb. 2026
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When residents are this squeezed, City Hall’s predictable response has been to charge us more.—
Bradley Schnell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Mar. 2026
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The 2012 draft brought a decent linebacker in Olivier Vernon and squeezed one 1,00-yard season from running back Lamar Miller.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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Early in the second period, just after Greaves got caught out of the net while playing a puck to his right, Provorov hustled to the other side of the net and sprawled across the ice, blocking a shot by Florida’s Tomas Nosek that would have tied the score at 1.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Ducks’ fourth line toiled low in the zone, and after the Jets hustled to avert the threat there, Trouba’s ostensibly harmless fling from the far corner found the net, appearing to hit Winnipeg defenseman Ville Heinola’s stick first.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
28 Feb. 2026
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On Tuesday, facing reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes in an exhibition against Team USA, McCray stung a line drive the opposite way for a loud out.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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After the match, that loss really stung.—
Bobby Narang,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Ripped off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripped%20off. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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