Synonyms and Antonyms of rip off
1
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully
- the teens ripped off the store where they had been working for the summer
ransack, rifle
despoil, loot, pillage, plunder, ravish, sack, spoil, strip
bleed, break in, cheat, chisel, cozen, defraud, exploit, fleece, gyp, hustle, mulct, pluck, rook, shortchange, skin, squeeze, stick, sting, swindle
hold up, mug, roll, stick up
2
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep
- the thief ripped off some jewelry as soon as no one was looking
appropriate, boost [slang], filch, heist, hook, lift, misappropriate, nick [British slang], nip, pilfer, pinch, pocket, purloin, snitch, steal, swipe, thieve
burglarize, knock over, rob
loot, pillage, plunder, sack
carjack, hijack (also highjack)
pick, rifle
poach, rustle, shoplift
collar, grab, grasp, nail, seize, snatch, take
mooch, sponge
abduct, kidnap, shanghai, spirit
3
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
beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], pluck, ream, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize
extort, wrench, wrest, wring
clip, gouge, nick, overcharge, soak
exploit, milk
deceive, dupe, fool, gull, trick
rope (in)
betray, bitch, double-cross
bamboozle, fast-talk
