Synonyms of rips off

rips off

verb

present tense third-person singular of rip off

1

as in robs

to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• robs
• steals (from)
• knocks over
• knocks off
• takes off
• burglarizes
• rifles
• sacks
• burgles
• breaks in
• strips
• sticks up
• loots
• plunders
• exploits
• despoils
• ransacks
• plucks
• cheats
• spoils
• defrauds
• sticks
• shortchanges
• ravishes
• swindles
• stings
• bleeds
• squeezes
• chisels
• cozens
• hustles
• holds up
• fleeces
• skins
• pillages
• mulcts
• rolls
• rooks
• mugs

2

as in steals

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

• steals
• swipes
• walks off with
• runs off with
• lifts
• grabs
• thieves
• filches
• makes away with
• makes off with
• robs
• snatches
• pockets
• pilfers
• hooks
• misappropriates
• pinches
• knocks over
• appropriates
• snitches
• nips
• purloins
• nicks
• boosts
• takes
• hijacks
• picks
• heists
• burglarizes
• seizes
• plunders
• loots
• sacks
• rifles
• pillages
• shoplifts
• spirits
• nails
• grasps
• poaches
• rustles
• sponges
• collars
• kidnaps
• abducts
• carjacks
• mooches
• shanghais

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• buys
• purchases
• presents
• contributes
• gives
• bestows
• hands over
• donates

3

as in squeezes

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

• squeezes
• cheats
• plucks
• stings
• hustles
• sticks
• shakes down
• beats
• screws
• does
• cozens
• bleeds
• tricks
• shorts
• flimflams
• suckers
• shortchanges
• deceives
• chouses
• victimizes
• defrauds
• mulcts
• takes to the cleaners
• takes for a ride
• swindles
• bilks
• fiddles
• does in
• exploits
• cons
• reams
• sells a bill of goods to
• skins
• euchres
• chisels
• fleeces
• thimblerigs
• diddles
• nobbles
• hoses
• gaffs
• stiffs
• skunks
• rooks
• fools
• betrays
• clips
• wrenches
• extorts
• gouges
• soaks
• overcharges
• nicks
• milks
• wrings
• dupes
• ropes (in)
• wrests
• gulls
• bitches
• fast-talks
• bamboozles
• double-crosses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rips off

When the woman exits, her assailant throws her to the ground, rips off her clothes and overpowers her. — Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026

The leader of these superheroes rips off his protective visor and unleashes a catastrophic optic blast. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026