Meanings
plural ticket touts
- UKA person who resells tickets for events at more than the official price.
Skinner told the court he was an experienced ticket tout who travelled the world buying and selling tickets and merchandise to sporting events, concerts and festivals.
2008 December 5, “Grand Prix ‘fakes’ men convicted”, in BBC News, retrieved 16 Dec 2008Synonyms: scalper
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who resells tickets for events at more than the official price.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
ticket tout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ticket%20tout
“ticket tout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ticket%20tout. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ticket tout,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ticket%20tout.
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