ripsomeoneoff
phrasal verbwithripverbuk/rɪp/us/rɪp/-pp-
informalC2
tocheatsomeone by making thempaytoo muchmoneyfor something:
Bob'sticketscostmuch less than ours - Ithinkwe've beenrippedoff.
to deceive someone
- deceiveThe cigarette companies deceived the public about the health risks of cigarettes.
- deceive yourselfYou'd be deceiving yourself if you believed that.
- trickShe felt they had tricked her into saying more than she intended.
- foolYou don't fool me with your innocent act.
- take inThey claimed to be destitute, but we weren't taken in.
- pull the wool over someone's eyesI'm not stupid. You can't pull the wool over my eyes like that.
Cheating & tricking
- anti-fraud
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- deceive
- fiddle
- flannel
- gull
- have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
- havesomeoneon
- hoax
- hocus-pocus
- hustle
- pull
- pull a fast oneidiom
- pull the wool oversomeone'seyesidiom
- punk
- putsomethingacross/oversomeone
- racket