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literally To pull off by ripping.
slang, transitive To cheat or swindle, especially by charging an excessively high or unfair price. I can't believe how the car dealerships try to rip off their customers.
slang, transitive To steal. Rechy's The Sexual Outlaw had been a formative book for me, ever since I ripped it off from a hometown bookstore in my early teens (what was I supposed to do, interact with a clerk?)
slang, transitive To copy, especially illegally. They ripped off the whole idea from their competitors.