RIP-OFF


Meaning of RIP-OFF in English

( rip-offs)

1.

If you say that something that you bought was a rip-off , you mean that you were charged too much money or that it was of very poor quality. ( INFORMAL )

If he thinks £5.40 a day for parking at Luton Airport is a rip-off, he should try Heathrow.

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2.

If you say that something is a rip-off of something else, you mean that it is a copy of that thing and has no original features of its own. ( INFORMAL )

In a rip-off of the hit movie Green Card, Billy marries one of his students so he can stay in the country.

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