scalped
Sold tickets illicitly
Scalped is the past tense of scalp, meaning to cut or tear the scalp from someone's head—historically associated with warfare practices among some Native American tribes and American colonists.
Extended uses: a ticket scalper has scalped you if they've charged an inflated price.
In trading, to scalp is to make quick profits on small price movements: He scalped the stock for a few cents per share.
To get scalped can also mean to be badly beaten or cheated: We got scalped in that deal.
Coiled, or an injury
- skinnedHad covering removed
- flayedStripped of skin
- lacerationTorn, ragged wound
- bleedingBlood loss from injury
gash · trauma · surgery · torn · abraded · raw · exposed · injured
Second sale
- markupAdded percentage for profit
- gougingExploitative overpricing
- inflatedExpanded with gas
- premiumAdded cost for better
stub · venue · concert · event · tout · speculator · face-value · sold-out
Award for winning
- frontierEdge of settlement
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
- raidSudden armed incursion
- massacreLarge-scale unlawful killing
bounty · colonial · battle · warrior · gruesome · atrocity · prize · ritual
Compressed into fragments
- destroyedMade to cease existing
- annihilatedCompletely destroyed, nothing remaining
- demolishedCompletely destroyed a structure
- routedOverwhelmingly defeated
trounced · decimated · humiliated · overwhelmed · beaten · thrashed · clobbered · dominated
Goods kept for sale
- short-sellingBetting against a stock
- day-tradingTrading within one session
- arbitrageExploiting price discrepancies
- marginEdge of a page
volatile · rapid-fire · commodities · forex · position · spread · momentum · pip
wound
Coiled, or an injury
- skinnedHad covering removed
- flayedStripped of skin
- lacerationTorn, ragged wound
bleeding · gash · trauma · surgery · torn · abraded · raw · exposed · injured · cut
resale
Second sale
premium · stub · venue · concert · event · tout · speculator · face-value · sold-out · aftermarket
trophy
Award for winning
massacre · bounty · colonial · battle · warrior · gruesome · atrocity · prize · ritual · conflict
crushed
Compressed into fragments
- destroyedMade to cease existing
- annihilatedCompletely destroyed, nothing remaining
- demolishedCompletely destroyed a structure
routed · trounced · decimated · humiliated · overwhelmed · beaten · thrashed · clobbered · dominated · outclassed
stock
Goods kept for sale
- short-sellingBetting against a stock
- day-tradingTrading within one session
- arbitrageExploiting price discrepancies
margin · volatile · rapid-fire · commodities · forex · position · spread · momentum · pip · speculation
scalpedface value
Printed denomination shown
at cost · discounted · comped · free · given away
- ticket scalperUnauthorized admission reseller
- itchy scalpIrritated skin on head
- scalp treatmentTopical head-skin remedy
- oily scalpSebum-overproducing head skin
- flaky scalpShedding head skin
- scalp massagerTool for rubbing scalp