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Scalping

To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.

📖 Definitions of "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"

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