ruin vs scalping

ruin

noun
  • The act of ruining something. 

  • The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed. 

  • A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow. 

  • The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle. 

  • Complete financial loss; bankruptcy. 

  • Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction. 

verb
  • To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of. 

  • To make something less enjoyable or likeable. 

  • To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something. 

  • To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business. 

  • To destroy or make something no longer usable. 

  • To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil. 

scalping

noun
  • The action by which someone is scalped. 

  • A legitimate method of arbitrage of small price gaps created by the bid-ask spread. 

  • A fraudulent form of market manipulation in which a person buys shares immediately before recommending the shares to others, thus driving the price up. 

How often have the words ruin and scalping occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )