RIPPING OFF Synonyms: 135 Similar and Opposite Words

ripping off

verb

present participle of rip off

as in robbing

to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully the teens ripped off the store where they had been working for the summer

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as in stealing

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep the thief ripped off some jewelry as soon as no one was looking

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as in cheating

to rob by the use of trickery or threats an investigation revealed that a whole slew of suppliers had been ripping off the defense department

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Recent Examples of ripping off And yet scores of interlopers have dropped by the page in order to try and score a miracle — or even have more nefarious plans of ripping off cinephiles. — William Earl, Variety, 20 July 2026 Even David Ben-Gurion was more concerned with ripping off as much land as possible. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026 Those straight-line winds can be incredibly destructive, ripping off roofs, snapping trees, knocking out power, and in stronger cases, reaching over 100 miles an hour. — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 12 July 2026 The small pockets of Egyptian fans in the stadium went absolutely berserk, jumping and ripping off their shirts as their team went bonkers below them. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 July 2026 George Lopez and Joe Rogan are among those to accuse Mencia of ripping off their material, with Rogan and Mencia even once getting into a public confrontation over the matter. — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026 Instead of ripping off his shirt, or wildly gesticulating, McTominay ran to the edge of the pitch with his hands facing down and his lips pursed. — Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 16 June 2026 Videos shared on social media showed some fans clashing with police officers, and other videos captured apparent Knicks fans attacking San Antonio fans on the streets, ripping off their Spurs jerseys. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 9 June 2026 Trump's displeasure eventually culminated in him ripping off his lapel mic and storming off the set. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026

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Verb

Before that, he had been convicted assaulting someone at a Berlin high school in 2019, as well as robbing someone of a pair of headphones nearly a year later.

— Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 26 July 2026
The families of two men who discovered through DNA tests that they were switched at birth 38 years ago are accusing a North Dakota hospital of robbing them of the lives they were supposed to lead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026

Definition of robbing

Verb

Shang-Chi – Defeated the Dweller-in-Darkness, an ancient soul-stealing cosmic dragon.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Jones spent all those years stealing gappers out of the sky for Braves teams that won the NL East in each of his first 10 seasons — in support of the greatest pitching staff of his generation.

— Jayson Stark, New York Times, 26 July 2026

Definition of stealing

Verb

But after he was accused of cheating, the school suspended him for a year and gave him an F in the course Sourcing and Managing Funds.

— Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
These two, like the cheating wife stiffing her babysitter, got too caught up in the pursuit of romance, allegedly.

— Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of cheating

Verb

Getting two mouflon proved no more difficult than knocking over the aoudad; both were one-shot kills.

— Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026
One Sunday, Henrichsen assaulted an elderly couple walking along a road, knocking over an 80-year-old man and striking his wife, according to a memo compiled by the neighborhood homeowner’s association.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of knocking over

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Indoors is all warm palettes, rich tilework, and high ceilings, with the murmuring of locals and guests swiping the last of their basil-green fusilli with creamy stracciatella.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026
Employees are still coffee badging, the practice of swiping into the office and sticking around long enough to have a cup of coffee before heading out to finish the workday at home or elsewhere.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of swiping

Verb

Reserve interest on the float is the industry's revenue model, so an era of flat supply and rising turnover pays the networks, processors and platforms that charge per transaction while squeezing the companies that earn per dollar parked.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
At one point, up to 20,000 mariners and 2,000 ships were stuck in the Gulf, with only a few vessels squeezing through the strait each day.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 27 July 2026

Definition of squeezing

Verb

Alix Earle, and her younger sister Ashtin, have given the skinny brow trend their own proverbial thumbs up, plucking away their natural shape over the last year.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 27 July 2026
The fact that celebrity landed upon him, plucking him from the obscurity of his mission to represent the burgeoning discourse on the disease, says more about the world that orbited him than his actions on the island or his own political nous.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

Definition of plucking

Verb

The downside is that the active ingredients can trigger stinging, breakouts or reactions in people with sensitive skin.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
The 21-year-old grows more confident when starting on the left wing, stinging the outside of Rosenborg’s goalpost wth a solid effort in the 28th minute.

— Carl Anka, New York Times, 25 July 2026

Definition of stinging

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