to rip off

[beachboy]

Is the verb TO RIP OFF a slang?
Is it right to say both " I´ve been ripped off" and " My apartment has been ripped off" ? If yes, and I stormed into a room and screamed " I´ve just been ripped off!", would it speak for itself?

 

[Shakespeare's brother]

To 'rip off' is slang and relates to an individual; an apartment cannot be ripped off, but a person can be.

Rip off is a very common saying; when an individual has been ripped off it menas that he has paid money for something that did not meet with his expectations - in essence he has been the subject of an unscrupulous swindle.

 

[Offroad]

Is the verb TO RIP OFF a slang?
Is it right to say both " I´ve been ripped off" and " My apartment has been ripped off" ? If yes, and I stormed into a room and screamed " I´ve just been ripped off!", would it speak for itself?

I am NOT a teacher

Examples

I´ve been ripped off.
My apartment (has been) is a rip-off.
The salesman ripped me off.

As the fellow just said... only humans can be ripped off or rip someone off, 'rip-off' can be a noun.

 

[arunp]

Visit the following site to get the right answer to your query.

Ripoff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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