Scalped

In all his dealings with the Acadians, the Indian had found only unimpeachable faith and honor; but with the colonist of Massachusetts, there had been nothing but over-reaching and treachery: intercourse with the first had not led to a scratch, or a single drop of blood; while on the other hand a bounty of "one hundred pounds was offered for each male of their tribe if over twelve years of age, if scalped; one hundred and five pounds if taken prisoner; fifty pounds for each _woman and child scalped_, and fifty pounds when brought in alive." ❋ Frederic S. Cozzens (N/A)

The slain are scalped, that is, the scalp is circularly incised in the hairy part of the head and torn from the skull. ❋ Unknown (1839)

I managed to get to their Powerstation show on a rare night out and it was pretty damn cool - but I'm not sure it was worth the $600 price tag scalped tickets were getting on TradeMe in the weeks beforehand. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Whenever they get "scalped," they feel woe-is-us victimized. ❋ Ann Althouse (2007)

Lindsay Beyerstein of the great blog Majikthise has an article in Salon about why she turned down the gig of blogging for the Edwards campaign before Amanda and Shakes were hired and then "scalped" by the extreme right. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He assured me that if I "scalped" the yard (i.e. cut it wayyyy short) that the grass would then grow. ❋ Unclebob (2000)

Enlisting in the First Arkansas Regiment as a private soldier, and serving for twelve months as orderly sergeant; at the reorganization he was elected colonel of the regiment, and afterwards, on account of merit and ability, was commissioned brigadier-general; distinguishing himself for conspicuous bravery and gallantry on every battlefield, and being "scalped" by a minnie ball at Richmond, Kentucky -- which scar marks its furrow on top of his head today. ❋ Sam R. Watkins (N/A)

The ground having been carefully "scalped," palms are cut down, trimmed of their tops and cut to a length of from fifteen to twenty feet. ❋ Unknown (1923)

They can readily be "scalped" off without any impairment of the sound tissues, by the use of the author's papilloma forceps (Fig. 29). ❋ Chevalier Jackson (1911)

Wordsworth -- are not only craggy and rough, but invisible axes have hewn and mutilated them, -- they are fissured and cloven and "scalped" and ❋ Unknown (1892)

As a result of the impact Mr Kerr was "scalped", broke all his limbs and pelvis, spent 10 days in a coma and a further eight months in hospital. ❋ Unknown (2010)

During a Columbus Day ceremony in San Francisco he once "scalped" the actor playing the navigator by snatching off his wig and then doing a "war dance." ❋ By FRANK X. MULLIN, JR Associated Press (2009)

Of course, in many cases, companies like TicketMaster and the musicians themselves are in on the deal, pretending to offer "scalped" tickets that they're really selling themselves. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Men's downhill alpine skiing with "scalped" tickets averaging $2,568 (face value $95 or ❋ Unknown (2010)

"If I could inflect pain, I inflicted it to the max," Gore declared, describing how he had scalped several victims to satisfy a hair fetish. ❋ Pete Earley (2012)