ticket scalper

American  

noun

1. an unauthorized ticket speculator who buys tickets to a performance or sports event and resells them at inflated prices.

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Etymology

Origin of ticket scalper

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

So he brings Lavelle, a ticket scalper who aspires to much more, back to Zamunda, along with Mom.

From Washington Times • Mar. 4, 2021

Lavelle, a college dropout and part-time ticket scalper with some of his father’s good-hearted charm, looks like the solution to the kingdom’s problems.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2021

Rowling should worry because people are beginning to become sick of spending more than $1000 for a ticket to see a show, bought from a ticket scalper.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2018

One well-known New York ticket scalper said of Springsteen: “He hypes up his own bullshit and promotes his own hype and scalps his own tickets at ridiculous prices.”

From The Guardian • Sep. 30, 2017

He would be even more surprised to discover that, in order to get a seat, he must bargain with a ticket scalper.

From Time Magazine Archive