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What does "rip off" mean?
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Steal, as in They fired him when they caught him ripping off some of the merchandise.
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Cheat, defraud, as in These advertising claims have ripped off a great many consumers.
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Copy, plagiarize, as in He was sued for ripping off someone else's thesis. All three usages are slang from the second half of the 1900s.
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