Word: rip-off
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...pole between you and home plate. This is called “obstructed view” seating and is quite bad for anyone who actually intends to watch the game. Yet since you are not actually in the bleachers, Fenway charges higher prices! This is almost as big a rip-off as those tiny cups of beer...
...entertainment business, it's known as a "rip-off," and it's all too common...
...Still, critics of agricultural biotechnology erupted. "A rip-off of the public trust," grumbled the Rural Advancement Foundation International, an advocacy group based in Winnipeg, Canada. Potrykus was dismayed by such negative reaction. "It would be irresponsible," he exclaimed, "not to say immoral, not to use biotechnology to try to solve this problem...
Remedy or Rip...
...Despite getting in trouble with MasterCard this summer, Nader rips off another Madison Avenue standard - the Monster.com ad with all the little kids (itself a rip-off of those sanctimonious International Paper spots). "I want to vote for the lesser of two evils... I want to be disillusioned... I want the government to ignore me." Funny stuff from a man who if you turn him off after five minutes can leave a very deep impression...