sells out
Trades integrity away
Sells out means to exhaust available inventory or capacity: The concert sold out in minutes.
It also describes betraying principles for money or advantage: He sold out to corporate interests.
Someone who does this is a sellout.
The accusation carries weight in contexts where authenticity matters—art, politics, activism: Critics said she sold out when she signed with a major label.
- revealsMakes visible or known
- double-crossesBetrays a confederate
- hypocrisyPretense of virtue
- mainstreamDominant cultural current
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
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