Verb

(intransitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.

* Bible, (w) xix. 21

If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= A new prescription , passage=No sooner has a [synthetic] drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one. These “legal highs” are sold for the few months it takes the authorities to identify and ban them, and then the cycle begins again.}}

(ergative) To be sold.

To promote a particular viewpoint.

(slang) To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.

* (Charles Dickens)

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 12, author=Saj Chowdhury, work=BBC

, title= Liverpool 2-1 Liverpool , passage=Raul Meireles was the victim of the home side's hustling on this occasion giving the ball away to the impressive David Vaughan who slipped in Taylor-Fletcher. The striker sold Daniel Agger with the best dummy of the night before placing his shot past keeper Pepe Reina.}}

(professional wrestling, slang) To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.