scalper

noun

Definition of scalpernext
as in black marketeer

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scalper
  1. fence
  2. smuggler
  3. bootlegger
  4. trader
  5. distributor
  6. concessionaire
  7. merchant
  8. auctioneer
Noun
  • The man ran northwest and jumped fences, witnesses told police.
    Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Just past his backyard fence, gray billows of smoke filled the sky above the ridgeline and flames could be seen chewing through sagebrush just a couple miles away.
    Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
Definition of fence
Noun
  • Jordanian troops opened fire, killing twenty-seven smugglers and wounding several others.
    Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Yet by August of that year, as migrants and human smugglers found ways around the enforcement regime, crossings began a steady rise.
    Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of smuggler
Noun
  • In this modern fairy tale, McCullers creates the perfect love triangle: Miss Amelia the bootlegger, her ex-convict ex-husband, and the trickster Cousin Lymon.
    The Week US, theweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Spikes in methanol poisonings are common in Iran, where ordinary alcohol can’t be sold or consumed and bootleggers often use industrial methanol to produce homemade alcoholic drinks instead.
    ByKai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of bootlegger
Noun
  • The momentum shows no signs of slowing — among seasoned traders and newcomers alike.
    Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • As of Wednesday, Wall Street traders were nearly unanimous that the Fed would cut the federal funds rate, which acts as a benchmark for other borrowing rates in the economy, by a quarter-point.
    Rob Wile, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of trader
Noun
  • The continent’s fragmented structure — with European movies being released at different times in different countries, often by different distributors with different marketing strategies — is not fit for purpose in a digital world where borders don’t exist.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
  • At Camerimage, a representative from the film told Variety that a theatrical distributor for the film might be announced as early as this week.
    Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of distributor
Noun
  • In a radical move, familiar international brands have been dropped from the revised app, first launched in 2022 with a test that focused on a gate-delivery model at Copenhagen Airport, where Heinemann is the main concessionaire.
    Kevin Rozario, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Getting information more quickly means the airport can better allocate its shuttle services and personal and inform concessionaires about impending passenger flow in their areas.
    Ted Reed, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
Definition of concessionaire
Noun
  • The number of companies exceeding RMB 100 million in sales increased by over 400% YoY, while more than 17,000 merchants saw their order volumes increase fivefold compared to 2023’s event.
    Gemma A. Williams, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Many investments were backed by the industry’s wealthy merchants, including the Galerie des Champs-Elysées shopping arcade.
    Lily Templeton, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of merchant
Noun
  • Cambridge professor Frank Kelly and I have developed a combinatorial auction procedure called PAUSE (Progressive Adaptive User Selection Environment), where the auctioneer never faces the winner determination problem.
    London School of Economics, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The standard approach is to have bidders submit all their bids — including package bids — to the auctioneer, who then attempts to piece them together and accept those bids that together maximize auction revenue.
    London School of Economics, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of auctioneer
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