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

While the 1988 original is Akeem’s fish-out-of-water tale, as the pampered prince travels to Queens in search of a worthy bride, the second installment flips the script by immersing Fowler’s Lavelle — a ticket scalper, college dropout and lifelong Queens kid — in the outlandish opulence of Zamunda.

From Washington Post

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

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

From Washington Times

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

I’m at the show! To borrow from Damone, the ticket scalper in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”: Act like wherever you are, that’s the place to be.

From The New Yorker