ticket scalper

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noun

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

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Nearby words

ticket agency, ticket agent, ticket day, ticket of leave, ticket office, ticket scalper, ticket tout, tickets, tickety-boo, tickey, ticking

Origin of ticket scalper

First recorded in 1875–80

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for ticket scalper

His small shop is wedged in between a florist and a ticket-scalper.
Paris Vistas|Helen Davenport Gibbons