ticket tout
noun [C] UK (also tout, US scalper)Definition
› someone who buys several tickets for an event that are difficult to get, in order to sell them at a much higher price: Ticket touts are asking €500 a seat.
(Definition of ticket tout noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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