rip off

abzocken, betrügen

Jemanden betrügen, besonders indem man viel zu viel Geld verlangt.

In einfachem Englisch: You cheat someone, especially by making them pay far too much.

• Some shops rip off tourists.
• I paid too much; they ripped me off.
• Do you think the mechanic is ripping us off?

So benutzt man es: rip someone off (That taxi driver ripped us off.)

Synonyme: cheat, swindle, overcharge

Häufige Wendungen: rip off someone, rip off tourists

plagiieren, abkupfern

Fremde Werke oder Ideen ohne Erlaubnis kopieren oder ihre Herkunft verschweigen.

In einfachem Englisch: You copy someone’s work or ideas without permission or without saying where they came from.

• They ripped off my idea.
• That song rips off an older hit.
• The company was accused of ripping off a rival’s design.

So benutzt man es: rip something off from someone (They ripped the design off from a small artist.)

Synonyme: copy, plagiarize

Häufige Wendungen: rip off an idea, rip off a design

abreißen

Etwas durch kräftiges Ziehen losreißen und entfernen.

In einfachem Englisch: You remove something by pulling it hard enough to tear it away.

• Rip off the paper cover.
• He ripped the sleeve off his shirt.
• Someone had ripped off the warning label.

So benutzt man es: rip something off something (She ripped the label off the bottle.)

Synonyme: tear off

Häufige Wendungen: rip off something, rip off the label

stehlen, klauen

Etwas, das jemand anderem gehört, ohne Erlaubnis wegnehmen.

In einfachem Englisch: You take something that belongs to someone else without permission.

• Someone ripped off my watch.
• The thieves ripped off several laptops from the office.
• He was caught ripping off cash from the till.

So benutzt man es: rip something off (Someone ripped my bike off last night.)

Synonyme: steal, nick

Häufige Wendungen: rip off something, rip off a bike