verb
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To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
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To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.
example
Tickets were being scalped for $300.
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On an open outcry exchange trading floor, to buy and sell rapidly for one's own account, aiming to buy from a seller and a little later sell to a buyer, making a small profit from the difference (roughly the amount of the bid/offer spread, or less).
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To screen or sieve ore before further processing.
example
scalped ore
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To remove the skin of.
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To remove the grass from.
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To destroy the political influence of.
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(milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.