deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
If someone rips you off, they cheat you by charging you too much money for something or by selling you something that is broken or damaged. The Consumer Federation claims banks are ripping you off by not passing along savings on interest rates The airlines have been accused of ripping off customers. see also rip-off
If you say that something is a rip-off of something else, you mean that it is a copy of that thing and has no original features of its own. In a rip-off of the hit movie Green Card, Billy marries one of his students so he can stay in the country
If you say that something that you bought was a rip-off, you mean that you were charged too much money or that it was of very poor quality. If he thinks £5.40 a day for parking at Luton Airport is a rip-off, he should try Heathrow