scalper
- a word derived from scalp.
Example Sentences
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It is true whether you are a scalper, a swing trader or a value investor like Warren Buffett.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
"The seller was kind and not a scalper."
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2024
Teresa Talotta paid a scalper $200 for a ticket valued at $85.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
After losing her place on Ticketmaster’s website, she ended up buying tickets from a scalper for 9,000 pesos each, about $455, three times the official price.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
“They paid like three hundred dollars to some scalper for counterfeit tickets!”
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
