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)
Luke Fountain, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
The Dodgers put Webb under constant duress and did the same to a procession of Giants relievers while claiming a 13-7 victory in front of a sellout crowd with split loyalties.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Influencers who once labeled Kirk a sellout now praise his legacy.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Last night’s crowd of 41,364 was the Padres’ 62nd sellout, matching the franchise record set in 2023.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Despite the cost pressures, all three commissioners saw growth potential in new sports, particularly women’s volleyball, which is drawing record TV audiences and sellout crowds.
—Luke Fountain, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
The Dodgers put Webb under constant duress and did the same to a procession of Giants relievers while claiming a 13-7 victory in front of a sellout crowd with split loyalties.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Influencers who once labeled Kirk a sellout now praise his legacy.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Last night’s crowd of 41,364 was the Padres’ 62nd sellout, matching the franchise record set in 2023.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
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Verb
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Pisans love to hate Florentines and have done since the Middle Ages when the House of the Medici fell, Guelphs fought Ghibellines and one of their own, Count Ugolino della Gherardesca, betrayed them.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Colleagues accused him of betraying philosophy; the Prussian state drove him into exile.—
Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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After jumping between two worlds in the first half of the season, John Cena’s Chris Smith finally moves to the parallel universe to be a better man, a decision partly prompted by a heartbreaking betrayal.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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She is caught up in a delusion, convinced that her imaginary accomplice Libardo is accusing her of betrayal.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When does compromise become treachery or defeat?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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Could Juno be behind this treachery, as payback for David destroying her spy corporation and for changing his oldest daughter into a killer?—
Demetrius Patterson,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Brown was caught after the raid failed and charged with treason.—
Christopher Tremoglie,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Sep. 2025
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In the eighteen-nineties, this tension came to a dramatic head in France with the Dreyfus Affair, when Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jew, was wrongly convicted of treason.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Sell (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sell%20%28out%29. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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