1. a person who buys tickets to events and resells them at higher prices
Usage: informal
2. a person who makes quick profits by buying and selling stocks or other securities rapidly
Usage: finance
3. a person who removes scalps as a practice of warfare
Usage: historical

Examples

• The scalper sold concert tickets for three times their face value.
• Police arrested several scalpers outside the stadium.
• The stock scalper made dozens of trades in a single day.
• Day scalpers look for small price movements to profit from.
• Historical accounts describe conflicts between settlers and scalpers.
• The scalper’s quick trading strategy required constant market monitoring.