scalping
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He also stood next to Trump in the White House last year as the president signed an executive order on ticket scalping.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
“People were literally scalping for Thrillers tickets,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2025
The events have sparked a conversation around ticket scalping in India, where people use bots or automation tools to bypass queues and purchase multiple tickets to sell on reselling platforms.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024
During a tour, he will buy extra pit tickets with his own money and distribute them to the group at face value to combat scalping.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2023
Tell everybody, when you write your story, that they’re scalping our souls out here.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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