rip-off

an illegal or unfair act

TRANSLATION

die Abzockerei, der Beschiss

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

"The president condemns corporate RIP-OFFS, but faces tough questions about his own business dealings."

(Time Magazine, July 22nd 2002)

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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language gives four related meanings for this idiom:

1. A theft

2. A thief

3. An act of exploitation

4. Something, such as a film or story, that is clearly imitative of or based on something else


Synonym: scam

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