rip-off

1. (countable)A bad deal; an unfair or exorbitant price or rate.

   In those days, a hamburger was fifteen cents, and if someone was charging a quarter for a bowl of soup, it was regarded as a rip-off.

   Eighty-seven bucks for a three-ounce piece of fish? What a rip-off! Haute cuisine or not!

   Abzocke, Nepp, Reinfall (letdown)

   грабёжgrabjóž, обдира́ловкаobdirálovka

2. A theft or robbery.

   He noticed that the window was ajar, and right away he knew in his gut that a rip-off had probably occurred.

   Abziehen

3. A scam.

   He promised to mail me a refund, but it was just a rip-off.

   Beschiss, Schwindel, Betrug

4. A copy, especially one that is illegal or inferior.

   Are you sure that's a real Rolex and not just a cheap rip-off?

   Abklatsch, Nachbildung, Imitation

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