scalping

verb

1
To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.
2
To resell, especially tickets, usually for an inflated price, often illegally.
“Tickets were being scalped for $300.”
3
On an open outcry exchange trading floor, to buy and sell rapidly for one's own account, aiming to buy from a seller and a little later sell to a buyer, making a small profit from the difference (roughly the amount of the bid/offer spread, or less).
4
To screen or sieve ore before further processing.
“scalped ore”
5
To remove the skin of.
6
To remove the grass from.
7
To destroy the political influence of.
8
(milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from (wheat grains, etc.) in the process of high milling.

1
The action by which someone is scalped.
2
A fraudulent form of market manipulation in which a person buys shares immediately before recommending the shares to others, thus driving the price up.
3
A legitimate method of arbitrage of small price gaps created by the bid-ask spread.

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