scalping
Example Sentences
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Ticketmaster claims the Swift mess occurred simply because of the extraordinary demand for the tickets by resellers who engaged in “industrial strength scalping.”
From Washington Post
The panel explored ways to improve the ticketing industry, including ways to curb scalping and bot attacks.
From Washington Post
He also suggested that the biggest problems facing ticketing, like bots and scalping, were best tackled by Congress itself.
From New York Times
"My question is, as a country, why don't we just make scalping illegal?" he wrote.
From BBC
Through her research, she found several bounties for scalping, with some counties going so far as to pay for newspaper advertisements in states beyond New Mexico to solicit people for the efforts.
From Seattle Times
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