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Shopped, in a sense (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sold

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'shopped in a sense' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with ownership as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

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(Other definitions for sold that I've seen before include "Exchanged for money" , "Betrayed for money" , "Disposed of to a purchaser" , "Disposed of for money" , "Retailed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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