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present participle of rip off
Synonyms & Antonyms of ripping off
1
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
- the teens ripped off the store where they had been working for the summer
Synonyms for ripping off
- burglarizing,
- burgling,
- knocking off,
- knocking over,
- robbing,
- stealing (from),
- taking off
- [slang]
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2
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 for ripping off
Words Related to ripping off
- carjacking,
- hijacking
- (also highjacking)
- abducting,
- kidnapping
- (also kidnaping),
- shanghaiing,
- spiriting
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3
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 for ripping off
- beating,
- bilking,
- bleeding,
- cheating,
- chiseling
- (or chiselling),
- chousing,
- conning,
- cozening,
- defrauding,
- diddling,
- doing,
- doing in,
- euchring,
- fiddling,
- fleecing,
- flimflamming,
- gaffing,
- hosing
- [slang],
- hustling,
- mulcting,
- nobbling
- [British slang],
- plucking,
- reaming,
- rooking,
- screwing,
- shaking down,
- shortchanging,
- shorting,
- skinning,
- skunking,
- squeezing,
- sticking,
- stiffing,
- stinging,
- suckering,
- swindling,
- thimblerigging,
- victimizing
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