Synonyms of ripped off

ripped off

verb

past tense of rip off

1

as in robbed

to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully

the teens ripped off the store where they had been working for the summer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• robbed
• stole (from)
• knocked over
• knocked off
• took off
• burglarized
• sacked
• looted
• stripped
• burgled
• plundered
• broke in
• spoilt
• ransacked
• plucked
• rifled
• cheated
• exploited
• defrauded
• despoiled
• stuck up
• stuck
• pillaged
• spoiled
• shortchanged
• ravished
• swindled
• stung
• squeezed
• chiseled
• hustled
• chiselled
• fleeced
• skinned
• bled
• mulcted
• stript
• mugged
• held up
• rolled
• rooked
• cozened

2

as in stole

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep

the thief ripped off some jewelry as soon as no one was looking

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stole
• swiped
• lifted
• grabbed
• robbed
• appropriated
• ran off with
• snatched
• pilfered
• walked off with
• misappropriated
• pinched
• made away with
• filched
• pocketed
• hooked
• knocked over
• made off with
• purloined
• nicked
• nipped
• boosted
• hijacked
• snitched
• picked
• took
• heisted
• seized
• thieved
• plundered
• looted
• sacked
• burglarized
• pillaged
• poached
• rifled
• grasped
• kidnapped
• highjacked
• rustled
• kidnaped
• nailed
• abducted
• spirited
• carjacked
• collared
• sponged
• shoplifted
• shanghaied
• mooched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• purchased
• bought
• presented
• gave
• contributed
• handed over
• donated
• bestowed

3

as in plucked

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plucked
• cheated
• squeezed
• stung
• hustled
• stuck
• beat
• screwed
• shook down
• did
• deceived
• victimized
• defrauded
• bled
• shortchanged
• thimblerigged
• swindled
• tricked
• choused
• euchred
• did in
• exploited
• suckered
• flimflammed
• fiddled
• mulcted
• shorted
• took for a ride
• sold a bill of goods to
• stiffed
• bilked
• took to the cleaners
• fleeced
• skinned
• conned
• reamed
• chiseled
• chiselled
• gaffed
• diddled
• rooked
• cozened
• betrayed
• fooled
• nobbled
• hosed
• skunked
• wrenched
• clipped
• extorted
• gouged
• roped (in)
• soaked
• wrung
• nicked
• milked
• duped
• overcharged
• wrested
• gulled
• bitched
• fast-talked
• bamboozled
• double-crossed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ripped off

Willy Adames, as is his wont, ripped off Bailey’s jersey, the two emphatically dapping hands and bumping chests. —Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025

Stellar radiation would have ripped off any hydrogen-helium atmosphere with which the planet may have formed. —Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025

Once Baltimore forced a three-and-out, Henry ripped off a 30-yard touchdown early in the second quarter to give the Ravens its first lead of the new season. —Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025

Jamal Roberts, who ran for 143 yards, ripped off a 63-yard touchdown run. —Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025

That honor belonged to Riley, who ripped off a 77-yard TD run in the fourth quarter and finished with 123 yards on six carries. —Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2025

After a scoreless first quarter, Dakota Ridge ripped off 32 points in a second quarter that featured a pair of pick-6s. —Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025

What is really remarkable is how real-life events, such as the Mangione incident, collided with the making of this movie (shot in only 19 days), and the disgruntlement of common people who feel they are being ripped off by billionaires and corporations. —Pete Hammond, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025

There’s an air of 2001 and Solaris; Black Widow more recently seems to have ripped off the design. —Anthony Paletta, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2025