All rip-off synonyms
rip-off
R r noun rip-off
- con game — a swindle involving money, goods, etc, in which the victim's trust is won by the swindler; a shortened form of confidence game
- con job — an act or instance of duping or swindling.
- highway robbery — robbery committed on a highway against travelers, as by a highwayman.
- bait and switch — Bait and switch is used to refer to a sales technique in which goods are advertised at low prices in order to attract customers, although only a small number of the low-priced goods are available.
- bait-and-switch — denoting a deceptive method of selling, by which customers, attracted to a store by sale items, are told either that the advertised bargain item is out of stock or is inferior to a higher-priced item that is available.
- boiler room — any room in a building (often in the basement) that contains a boiler for central heating, etc
- doublecross — To betray someone by leading them into trap after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were actually being aided.
- knockoff — an act or instance of knocking off.
- hosing — an act or instance of being taken advantage of or cheated.
- grift — (sometimes used with a plural verb) a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc.
- dirty trick — act: unfair, dishonest
- bunco — a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters
- jive — swing music or early jazz.
- banditry — Banditry is used to refer to acts of robbery and violence in areas where the rule of law has broken down.
- diddle — If someone diddles you, they take money from you dishonestly or unfairly.
- cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
- heist — a robbery or holdup: Four men were involved in the armored car heist.
- gyp — a male college servant, as at Cambridge and Durham.
- knavery — action or practice characteristic of a knave.
- bamboozlement — The act or process of bamboozling or being bamboozled.
- cheat — When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
- frame up — a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.
- confidence game — A confidence game is the same as a confidence trick.
- confidence trick — A confidence trick is a trick in which someone deceives you by telling you something that is not true, often to trick you out of money.
- bunko — bunco
- fast one — a shrewd action, especially when unscrupulous or dishonest; an unfair trick, deceitful practice, dishonest dealing, etc.: He pulled a fast one on me by paying me with a worthless check.
- frame-up — a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.
- armed robbery — a robbery that is carried out by people carrying guns
verb rip-off
- gip — Informal: Sometimes Offensive. a swindle or fraud.