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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Origin of ticket scalper

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby ticket scalper

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

How to use ticket scalper in a sentence

They function like ticket scalpers who have expanded into sneakers, toys, and electronics.
Bots are buying up the season’s hottest gifts before you can|Teresa Carr|December 1, 2020|Quartz
Farrell issued a ticket to an 18-year-old shipyard worker for speeding and an improper exhaust mechanism, according to the TP.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
One area that would immediately benefit is revenue from ticket sales.
Is Any College Football Coach Worth $60 Million? Jim Harbaugh Is|Jesse Lawrence|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Everything you need to know about the U.S.-Cuba thaw, from the details of the deal to when you can book your ticket to Havana.
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On Oct. 7, I bought my ticket to Kiev 45 minutes before my flight.
Russians Plot Exiled Government in Kiev|Anna Nemtsova|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
According to a ticket seller who spoke to The Guardian, the site still receives only 10 visitors a day, on average.
Egypt Ain’t The Only Pyramid Show In Town|Nina Strochlic|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He had got his ticket of admission to the Casino, after arriving yesterday evening; but the Rooms had not pleased him then.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
Hilda suggested that the ticket-clerk should be interrogated, but the aperture of communication with him was shut.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
Outside Derby station was a ticket platform at which all incoming trains stopped for the collection of tickets.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
He went up to Jorgensen and asked where he could set up a temporary ticket office for Interplanet.
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
The clerk who waited on them had come to the table and placed a punched ticket for the sundaes on it.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose