to scalp
11
8.4
- verb
- /skælp/
- Informal
:
revender
- Her boyfriend practices rock climbing in an atrium, calls her Lou, and once got arrested for scalping tickets.
- scalped tickets
- arrested for scalping
- go scalping
Examples
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It's nice to wake up and scalp 100+ bucks before I even start my real job.
Blog text (2) -
I'll give you the ticket now so you can go scalp it.
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Look, you can always scalp the tickets at the door.
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I just might scalp me a few.
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You can scalp 'em for a lot of money!
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Or he could scalp their seats, and it wouldn't be a total loss.
Fiction book (1997) -
Why don't we just scalp Trey's concert ticket to get the cash for the car?
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He scalps tickets down at Madison square garden.
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Lombardo even claimed in one email to have deals to secretly scalp tickets for the U.S. Open tennis tournament and events at Madison Square Garden.
Blog text (8) -
Some people try to scalp tickets outside the arena for a higher price.
Compounds
- US
A long piece of hair left on top of a shaved head, worn in some Indigenous North American cultures
Skin on the head that reacts easily to touch or hair products and feels sore, itchy
How Illegal
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5.5
- Informal
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8.4
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8.2
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Scalp means 'to sell tickets or goods at a higher price' and grew from a sharp image of taking a 'scalp' as a prize, which suggested taking something valuable for yourself. So to scalp tickets is to buy them and then resell them to make extra money.