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A ripoff (or rip-off ) is an unfavorable financial transaction . It originated as slang that has entered into standard English usage as a business term. ^[1]

Usually it refers to an incident in which a person is overcharged for something, or receives goods or services not of the standard expected for the price. A ripoff is usually distinguished from a scam in that a scam involves wrongdoing such as a fraud ; a ripoff may be considered excessive, but not illegal.

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• Rip-off Britain
• Spin-off
• Knock-off
• Plagiarism
• Mockbuster

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