tout
//taʊt//
Verb
To advertise, promote, or praise something or someone enthusiastically and often excessively.
The company is touting its new product as a revolutionary breakthrough.
To solicit customers or business in an aggressive or persistent manner.
Street vendors were touting their goods to passing tourists.
(British) To sell tickets for an event at inflated prices, especially outside the venue.
People were touting tickets outside the stadium for twice the original price.
Noun
A person who solicits business or customers in an aggressive or persistent way.
The touts outside the station were trying to sell tickets at inflated prices.
(British) A person who sells tickets at inflated prices; a scalper.
The police arrested several touts outside the stadium for selling tickets at inflated prices.