1. The skin that covers the top of the head
   "they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy"

1. [N. Amer, informal] Resell tickets or goods at a higher price than their face value, typically illegally
   "He was caught scalping concert tickets outside the venue"
    
2. Remove the scalp of
   "The enemies were scalped"

Derived forms: scalping, scalps, scalped

Type of: cutis, flog [Brit, informal], remove, sell, skin, take, take away, tegument, withdraw

Part of: human head

Encyclopedia: Scalp