verb
- past tense of scalp; removed the scalp from someone’s head
- past tense of scalp; bought and resold tickets at inflated prices
Usage: historical; violent
Usage: informal
Examples
- The warrior scalped his enemy in battle.
- He scalped concert tickets outside the venue.
- She was angry that someone had scalped all the popular show tickets.
- The ticket broker scalped seats for triple the original price.
- They scalped the remaining playoff tickets within minutes.
- The scalpers scalped every available ticket before fans could buy them.