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rip off
verb
- tr to tear violently or roughly (from)
- slang.adverb to steal from or cheat (someone)
noun
- slang.an article or articles stolen
- slang.a grossly overpriced article
- slang.the act of stealing or cheating
Example Sentences
“Our country and its taxpayers have been ripped off for more than 50 years, but it is not going to happen anymore. It’s not gonna happen,†Trump said.
Trump also chided our international allies, calling some of them “foreign cheaters†and “scavengers†who ripped off and “brutalized†Americans for 50 years.
Trump has been advocating for tariffs since he took to the campaign trail, where he proclaimed that foreign countries have long been “ripping off†America.
“Our country and its taxpayers have been ripped off for more than 50 years, but it is not going to happen anymore. It’s not gonna happen,†he said.
He thinks trade deficits are proof that America is being “ripped off.â€
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