Synonyms of ripped off

ripped off

verb

past tense of rip off

1

as in robbed

to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully

the teens ripped off the store where they had been working for the summer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• robbed
• stole (from)
• knocked over
• knocked off
• took off
• burglarized
• sacked
• looted
• stripped
• burgled
• plundered
• broke in
• ransacked
• plucked
• rifled
• cheated
• exploited
• defrauded
• despoiled
• stuck up
• stuck
• pillaged
• spoiled
• shortchanged
• ravished
• swindled
• stung
• squeezed
• chiseled
• hustled
• fleeced
• skinned
• bled
• mulcted
• mugged
• held up
• rolled
• rooked
• cozened

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stole
• swiped
• lifted
• grabbed
• robbed
• appropriated
• ran off with
• snatched
• pilfered
• misappropriated
• walked off with
• pinched
• made away with
• filched
• pocketed
• hooked
• knocked over
• made off with
• purloined
• nicked
• nipped
• boosted
• hijacked
• snitched
• picked
• took
• heisted
• seized
• thieved
• plundered
• looted
• sacked
• burglarized
• pillaged
• poached
• rifled
• grasped
• kidnapped
• rustled
• nailed
• abducted
• spirited
• carjacked
• collared
• sponged
• shoplifted
• shanghaied
• mooched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• purchased
• bought
• presented
• gave
• contributed
• handed over
• donated
• bestowed

3

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plucked
• cheated
• squeezed
• hustled
• stung
• stuck
• beat
• screwed
• shook down
• did
• deceived
• victimized
• defrauded
• bled
• shortchanged
• thimblerigged
• tricked
• swindled
• choused
• euchred
• did in
• suckered
• flimflammed
• fiddled
• mulcted
• exploited
• shorted
• took for a ride
• sold a bill of goods to
• stiffed
• bilked
• took to the cleaners
• fleeced
• skinned
• conned
• reamed
• chiseled
• gaffed
• diddled
• rooked
• cozened
• betrayed
• fooled
• nobbled
• hosed
• skunked
• wrenched
• clipped
• extorted
• gouged
• roped (in)
• soaked
• wrung
• nicked
• milked
• duped
• overcharged
• wrested
• gulled
• bitched
• fast-talked
• bamboozled
• double-crossed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ripped off

Younger fans ripped off their shirts and sprayed water bottles before a band emerged from the smoke of the Bayfront Park stage, playing Argentine music in celebration. — Delia Sauer, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026

One guy had ripped off the horn from a plastic Viking helmet and was using it to chug beers. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 30 June 2026

This new three-part docuseries interviews Belfort's former wife, his co-conspirators, and his victims to dive deep into how his boiler room operation pumped, dumped, and ripped off chumps. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 June 2026

One of the sites on which the teams are set to focus is the southwest Chicago suburb of Bridgeview, where the roofs of buildings in an apartment complex were ripped off by the storms on Thursday night. — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 14 June 2026

Timothée Chalamet, who famously ripped off his shirt after the Knicks miraculously won Game 4 in the final seconds last Wednesday, was on hand for Saturday’s NBA Championship Game in San Antonio as well. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026

Robinson then ripped off a 53-yard touchdown run in the first quarter of Louisville’s playoff win over the Battlehawks on Sunday, flashing some impressive speed in the process. — Juan Carlos Blanco, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

Archer hit Vertical Aerospace with a patent infringement suit, claiming the British air taxi maker ripped off its Midnight aircraft. — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 29 May 2026

So how many pitchers have ripped off a five-game save-start-save-start-save stretch when the saves were real saves? — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 29 May 2026