scalper
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scalper englanniksi
One who scalps, or removes the scalp of another.
{{quote-text|en|year=2013|author=M. Elise Marubbio; Eric L. Buffalohead|title=Native Americans on Film: Conversations, Teaching, and Theory
One who scalps tickets to popular entertainment events: buying them in advance and then selling them (e.g. online or just outside the venue of the event), often at inflated prices.
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(quote-journal)|passage=Although 4.1 million tickets were sold for the 2023 shows—including over 2 million on the first day, a new record—scalpers jacked up prices on the secondary market to more than $22,000.
One who scalps any other item with limited availability.
A gambler who scalps.
{{quote-text|en|year=1961|author=John Scarne|title=Complete Guide to Gambling|page=102
A person on an open outcry exchange trading floor who buys and sells rapidly for his or her 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).
A machine for removing the ends of grain, such as wheat or rye, or for separating the different grades of broken wheat, semolina, etc.
A surgical instrument for scraping carious bones.
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to scalp