rip-off

Example Sentences

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They rip off their clothes, dunk their heads in the dip and lead dance battles to La Bouche’s “Be My Lover.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

It comes after the chancellor said some heating oil companies are using the crisis in the Middle East "as an opportunity to rip off consumers".

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

And don’t discount that Chinese chip makers will figure out how to rip off Nvidia’s technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

“Financial rip-offs don’t just rip off Democrats or Republicans,” Kelleher told me.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

I wish I’d brought disguises, so if someone spots us, we could run fast around a comer and then rip off our masks and act like we were innocently strolling.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau