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Scalping
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a. & n. from
scalp
.
an instrument used in scraping foul and carious bones; a raspatory.
a knife used by North American Indians in scalping.
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verb.
Present participle of
scalp
.
noun.
The action by which someone is
scalped
.
noun.
A fraudulent form of
market
manipulation
in which a person buys
shares
immediately before recommending the shares to others, thus driving the
price
up
Word Usage
"Mark Chipman gets tense at the mere mention of the word "scalping"."
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
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d'k
dull-edged
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greely
variant
scalp
verb-stem
scalp