| VERB | social | rip off, cheat, chisel | deprive somebody of something by deceit |
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| possession | rip off, steal, rip | take without the owner's consent | |
| change | rip off, tear away, tear off | rip off violently and forcefully |
| Meaning | deprive somebody of something by deceit. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody of something | |
| Synonyms | cheat, chisel | |
| Entails | deceive, lead on, delude, cozen | Be false to |
| Narrower | beat, bunk | avoid paying |
| bilk | cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money | |
| cozen | cheat or trick | |
| gazump | Raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price | |
| gyp, gip | (sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle | |
| juggle, beguile, hoodwink | Influence by slyness | |
| overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook | rip off | |
| victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change, con | deprive of by deceit | |
| welsh, welch | cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt | |
| whipsaw | victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations | |
| Broader | victimize, victimise | make a victim / victim of |
| Spanish | arrancar, birlar, descuerar, engañar, estafar, timar | |
| Catalan | ensarronar, estafar | |
| Nouns | rip-off | the act of stealing |
| Meaning | rip off violently and forcefully. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | tear away, tear off | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Catalan | arrencar | |
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