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Definitions from WordNet

Noun scalper has 1 sense
  1. scalper - someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost; "he got theater tickets through a scalper"
    --1 is a kind of
    speculator, plunger
    --1 has particulars: tout, ticket tout
    Derived form: verb scalp1

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Scalper

Description:

A scalper typically refers to an individual or group engaged in the practice of buying tickets or goods at face value and reselling them at marked-up prices, taking advantage of the limited availability and high demand. It can also be used to describe a person who quickly resells securities or other commodities to make a profit from small price fluctuations.

Examples:

- I couldn't get tickets to the concert because the scalpers had already bought them all.
- The scalper outside the stadium was offering tickets at exorbitant prices.
- The stock market scalper profited from the slight change in share prices.

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