Definition of "sellout" [sellout]

• The act of selling out. (noun)
• An event for which all the tickets are sold. (noun)
• Slang One who has betrayed one's principles or an espoused cause. (noun)

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• "But widespread black support remained elusive, Hutchinson said: "Either you loved him, you identified with him, you saw him as one of your own, as a black performer important to the black community, or you saw him as someone who basically, I don't want to use the term sellout, but ... as a creature and a creation of the white world.""
• "The term "sellout" is used to denigrate black people who go places in society."
• "Any Democratic president who seriously tries to govern will rapidly face accusations of being a corporate sellout from a some on the left, regardless of the facts of the situation."