A person who is ripped off has had something stolen, or at least has been treated very unfairly.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

These products have names like Red Bull, Monster,Ripped Force, Speed Stack and 5-Hour Energy.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

The message on the sign was that the student felt ripped off, or cheated.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

People trying to earn money also must be aware of being ripped off.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

Most are amazed that this is the same country that was ripped apart by genocide just 15 years ago.

VOA: standard.2009.04.08

Hundreds of houses were flattened and flooded by the two million cubic meters of water that ripped through the Dutch-colonial era dam.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

President Medvedev arrived in capital city of Makhachkala as two people were killed when an explosion ripped their car apart in a Dagestani village.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

The force of the explosion ripped the facades off several houses in the area.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

But they also have a right not to get ripped off by the sudden rate hikes, unfair penalties and hidden fees that have become all too common in our credit card industry,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.09

but I did get kind of fit for the film because every cheese farmer is ripped and buff and I wanted to be true to character because I'm 'method' ."

VOA: standard.2010.04.30