Word Finder - scalping

definition

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.

synonyms

• resell

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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

synonyms

• sieve

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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.

The final issue in the law suit involves ticket scalping.

Scalping was the usual form of mutilation from the earliest times.

Among the North American Indians scalping was always in the nature of a rite.

Scalping was sometimes adopted by the whites in their wars with the Redskins, and bounties have been offered for scalps several times in American history.

However, keep in mind that scalping is against the law and that you can incur legal problems for using online ticket sale websites to corner the market.

This day trading style is different from the scalping style in that it is not as fast, even though the entire process is started and completed within a single day.

These exorbitant prices have led the Attorney General of Arkansas to open an investigation as to whether any ticket scalping laws are being violated.