ticket tout
noun[C]
UKukus(alsotout);(USscalper)someone whobuysseveralticketsfor aneventthat aredifficultto get, inordertosellthem at a muchhigherprice:
Ticket touts areasking€500 aseat.
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At the stadium, she persuades a reluctanttickettoutto sell her a ticket; he only agrees to do so at an inflated price.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Such a fine operates as little disincentive to atickettoutwho may stand to make many hundreds of pounds in an afternoon's work.
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I would never buy from atickettout.
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If that were not so, thetickettoutwould hardly think it worth the risk.
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Therefore if one wishes to eliminate the unsavoury type oftickettoutone must encourage the promoters to get their prices right in the first place.
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Until 1985 thetickettoutwas the odd man out and could be regarded as a kind of sporting vagabond making a bit on the side.
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Since 2011, organizers have a strict policy on ticket sales and employ tactics to stop ticket touts and gate crashers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Newspapers of the late 1940s and 1950s often use both terms in the same article about the same person when dealing with ticket touts, fraudsters and black market traders.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is not just football that has fallen victim to the universally condemned action of ticket touts.
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We always hear that when the subject of ticket touts comes up.
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