RIP OFF

1. Slang. Scn staff expression meaning "take without exchange. 11 Can be applied to personnel, money, anything. (BPL 11 Aug 72R I) 2. a new term has emerged in PAC: to denote being removed "wbam" from a post. "Rip off' and "ripped off." (OODs 25 Feb 72)

(colloquial) move with speed or violence. —3rd South African published appr gls (14.4.92)