as in to betray
to be unfaithful or disloyal to
the band sold out its faithful followers, abandoning its edgy style for a more commercial sound
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as in betrayal
the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another
the sellout makes it much harder for me to trust you ever again
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Recent Examples of sell (out)
Justin L. MacK, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
Jeff Hauser of the Revolving Door Project frequently disparaged potential nominees as corporate hacks and sellouts.
—Andrew Prokop, Vox, 15 Oct. 2024
With Surtain in the locker room, the Broncos fell behind 20-0 in the first half, booed off the field by the sellout crowd of 70,743.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2024
His friend Daniels was supportive; Hurt called him a sellout even before Reeve got the role.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 11 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Fans in the area for the sellout can catch former IU coach Lee Corso, Rece Davis, Pat McAfee and the rest of the GameDay crew on the south lawn of Memorial Stadium.
—Justin L. MacK, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
Jeff Hauser of the Revolving Door Project frequently disparaged potential nominees as corporate hacks and sellouts.
—Andrew Prokop, Vox, 15 Oct. 2024
With Surtain in the locker room, the Broncos fell behind 20-0 in the first half, booed off the field by the sellout crowd of 70,743.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2024
His friend Daniels was supportive; Hurt called him a sellout even before Reeve got the role.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 11 Oct. 2024
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Stella isn’t being betrayed — if anything, she’s being reached out to, desperately, like her light-years-away namesake, by two yearning humans with their feet, at least for now, stuck on the ground.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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Not when so many of those series end up betraying the singular talents of the people who made them.David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
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This season’s storyline guarantees a symphony of intrigue, betrayal, and unrelenting ambition as Madam fights tooth and nail to safeguard her empire and exact her revenge.Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024
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This was especially a betrayal of Arab and Muslim American voters who arguably gave Biden his slim 2020 margin of victory in crucial states such as Michigan.Caise D. Hassan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2024
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Hosted by Alan Cumming, the game of treachery and deceit returns to Peacock on Thursday, January 9th.Anne Easton, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Politics is full of deceit, treachery, and betrayal. . . .Quintus Tullius Cicero, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2012
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In June, Trump amplified a social media post calling for former Rep. Liz Cheney − the Republican co-chair of the special House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters − to be put on trial for treason by a military tribunal.Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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Trump in 2023 accused NBC of treason for reporting on his various legal troubles.April Rubin, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Sell (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sell%20%28out%29. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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