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scalper

scal·per

UK/ˈskælpɚ/ US/ˈskælpɜr/ uncommon us

noun

1.

someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost

  • “he got theater tickets through a scalper”

Origin

From scalp + -er.

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