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Recent Examples of rip-offs
According to a transcript, under cross-examination by attorney Lee Rothman, Hennen admitted to drug dealing, gambling rip-offs, and hustling pool throughout the Northeast and Midwest.
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Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
The clues led reporters to the Ozarks, where a tangle of local disputes on Facebook and Google review sites and in local courts ultimately tied the Graceland plot to Findley, a grandmother with a decadeslong history of romance rip-offs, forged checks and bank fraud.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025
Over the past 20 years of Black List darlings and Edgar Wright rip-offs, the American film industry has established a new archetype of cinema filled with quippy antiheroes, gory allegories for domestic strife, and character actors rattling off reference humor.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
More people walk away from bad deals, money sucks, and rip-offs.
—Stav Ziv, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
The clues led reporters to the Ozarks, where a tangle of local disputes on Facebook and Google review sites and in local courts ultimately tied the Graceland plot to Findley, a grandmother with a decadeslong history of romance rip-offs, forged checks and bank fraud.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025
Over the past 20 years of Black List darlings and Edgar Wright rip-offs, the American film industry has established a new archetype of cinema filled with quippy antiheroes, gory allegories for domestic strife, and character actors rattling off reference humor.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
More people walk away from bad deals, money sucks, and rip-offs.
—Stav Ziv, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rip-offs
thefts
Noun
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The state Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement announced the Santa Rosa County thefts in a Facebook post on Tuesday, March 10.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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The department urged high-performance vehicle owners to keep their cars parked in garages, use steering wheel locks and keep key fobs away from entryways to deter thefts.—
Alexandra Simon,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Rip-offs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rip-offs. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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