rip off

estafar, timar

Engañar a alguien, especialmente cobrándole mucho más de lo razonable.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: rip someone off (That taxi driver ripped us off.)

Sinónimos: cheat, swindle, overcharge

Expresiones frecuentes: rip off someone, rip off tourists

plagiar, copiar

Copiar obras o ideas ajenas sin permiso o sin indicar de dónde proceden.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: rip something off from someone (They ripped the design off from a small artist.)

Sinónimos: copy, plagiarize

Expresiones frecuentes: rip off an idea, rip off a design

arrancar

Quitar algo tirando con fuerza hasta separarlo o desgarrarlo.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: rip something off something (She ripped the label off the bottle.)

Sinónimos: tear off

Expresiones frecuentes: rip off something, rip off the label

robar

Llevarse sin permiso algo que pertenece a otra persona.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: rip something off (Someone ripped my bike off last night.)

Sinónimos: steal, nick

Expresiones frecuentes: rip off something, rip off a bike