rip-off

Definition

  • noun: something that is too expensive
  • noun: an act or instance of stealing
  • synonyms: theft

Examples

  • His new movie's just a 'rip-off' of another movie made 30 years ago.

  • The food was decent but the drinks were a 'rip-off'.

  • The bike turned out to be a real 'rip-off'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) based on the Ecumenical Liberation Army... and the first show has to be a two-hour special on Mary Ann Gifford. l want a lot more film like the bank rip-off the Ecumenical sent in. The way l see the series is... each week we open with an authentic act of political terrorism... taken on the spot (..)
    1976 Network
  • (..) of Arizona was ripped off last week... by a terrorist group called the Ecumenical Liberation Army. They themselves took movies of the rip-off while they were ripping it off. The Ecumenical Liberation Army is not the one that kidnapped Patty Hearst? No, that's the Symbionese Liberation Army. (..)
    1976 Network