RIP-OFF


Meaning of RIP-OFF in English

(~s)

1.

If you say that something that you bought was a ~, 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 ~, he should try Heathrow.

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2.

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

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

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