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Recent Examples of scalper
Expect to see some scalper prices drop Tuesday as the concert’s start time approaches.
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Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2026
By turning a blind eye to scalpers, even giving them the tools to bypass limits and harvest tickets, Live Nation has acted as the promoter, the primary ticket seller, the artists’ manager, and the scalper.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 19 Sep. 2025
Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2026
By turning a blind eye to scalpers, even giving them the tools to bypass limits and harvest tickets, Live Nation has acted as the promoter, the primary ticket seller, the artists’ manager, and the scalper.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scalper
Noun
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Langeliers blasted a 467-foot shot off the top of the left field fence for a 4-2 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning, the longest homer in the bigs this season and the sixth of the year for the power-hitting catcher.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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Is the town requiring the fences to be moved, or just recommending it?—
Gary Singer,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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ProPublica has chronicled the dark world of pig butchering, in which human traffickers in Asia force their victims to scam people by posing as friends or potential romantic interests.—
Robert Faturechi,
ProPublica,
11 Apr. 2026
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The shakedown will involve the use of digital currencies, an extremely popular choice among scammers, human traffickers — and apparently governments trying to circumvent international sanctions.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The tactic has become more popular with smugglers as police on the beaches try to thwart crossings by puncturing the rafts that groups of migrants have to inflate and carry to the water.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Cook County Jail in Chicago, which houses nearly 5,000 detainees, has reported increasing cases of smugglers soaking paper with synthetic drugs and sending them into the jail through mail or visitors.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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With no concrete end in sight for when oil supply might normalize, traders are settling into the idea that the Fed will be unlikely to move.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Crude oil prices climbed 7% this morning to re-top $100, and stock futures fell as traders saw little sign of progress in ending the Iran war.—
Josephine Rozzelle,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Even the underground tunnels bootleggers used to service the Green Mill during its speakeasy days are still in place.—
Meena Thiruvengadam,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Apr. 2026
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His father was a factory worker and a barber, as well as a bootlegger and loan shark.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2026
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Inside that costume was Piper Randolph, a first-team All-American junior fencer who excelled in the Pan-American Cadet Championships.—
Glae Thien,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
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Szabo, a fencer from Romania, was competing at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, and was assisted by a friend who drove him away from the athletes’ village and to freedom.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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PCMag was unable to find the handheld at other retailers, with both Best Buy and Costco out of stock at the time of publication.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
13 Apr. 2026
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Eagle Rock provides transportation, storage and maintenance for the drinks in between the brewery or importer and the retailer, per their website.—
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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Coachella tickets Coachella is sold out, and tickets have skyrocketed in price on reseller apps.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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StubHub, the ticket reseller, allows ChatGPT users to search for concerts, events and seat availability based on preferences like budget or viewing angles.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Scalper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalper. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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