I bought tickets from a scalper.
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Scalper
//ˈskælpɚ//
Synonyms for "scalper" (36 found)
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31 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- спекулант noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
- спекулант noun (one who resells items at inflated prices)
- търгаш noun (one who resells items at inflated prices)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 票販子 /票贩子 noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
- 黄牛 noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
Czech
1 entries- překupník noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
Finnish
4 entries- jobbari noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
- lipputrokari noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
- trokari noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
- trokari noun (one who resells items at inflated prices)
French
1 entries- vendeur à la sauvette noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
German
1 entries- Kartenschwarzhändler noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
Hungarian
1 entries- jegyüzér noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
Indonesian
1 entries- calo noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
Italian
1 entries- bagarino noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
Japanese
1 entries- ダフ屋 noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
Korean
1 entries- 암표상 noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
Latin
1 entries- locārius noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
Macedonian
1 entries- шиткач noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
Malay
1 entries- ulat tiket noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
Polish
1 entries- konik noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
Portuguese
1 entries- cambista noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
Romanian
2 entries- bișnițar noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
- bișnițară noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
Russian
2 entries- спекуля́нт noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
- спекуля́нт театра́льными биле́тами noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
Spanish
3 entries- revendedor noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
- revendedora noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
- revendón noun (one who resells items at inflated prices)
Swedish
1 entries- skalperare noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
Tatar
1 entries- alıpsatar noun (one who sells tickets unofficially)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Tom bought tickets from a scalper.
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Tom is a scalper.
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The tickets I bought from that scalper turned out to be fake.
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