sellout

[ sel-out ]

noun

1. Informal. a person who compromises their personal values, integrity, talent, etc., for money or personal advancement.
2. Informal. a person who betrays a cause, organization, or the like; traitor.
3. an act or instance of selling out.
4. an entertainment, as a show or athletic event, for which all the seats are sold.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sellout¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; noun use of verb phrase sell out

Example Sentences

Rancho libertarians were seen as antiquated vendidos — sellouts — who would drown in the progressive blue wave that had covered California due to GOP xenophobia and that was now spreading across the country.

From Los Angeles Times

Friendship bracelets have become synonymous with the pop star and her sellout Eras tour and are regularly swapped with fellow "Swifties" at her concerts.

From BBC

Jones was never short on words when it came to setting the record straight about critics who tried to paint him as a sellout.

From Los Angeles Times

But as the boos from the sellout crowd of 87,453 serenaded the Cornhuskers, an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after the play on Oladejo for taunting gave Nebraska a first down.

From Los Angeles Times

That seemed unfathomable to players and coaches in both dugouts, to Padres pitcher Dylan Cease and to just about everyone in a sellout crowd of 53,028.

From Los Angeles Times

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