close out, 1  to reduce the price of (merchandise) for quick sale: That store is closing out its stock of men's clothing. 2  to liquidate or dispose of finally and completely: They closed out their interests after many years in this city.
George Orwell. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 â 21 January 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is marked by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
A thoughtcrime is an Orwellian neologism used to describe an illegal thought. The term was popularized in the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, first published in 1949, wherein thoughtcrime is the criminal act of holding unspoken beliefs or doubts that oppose or question Ingsoc, the ruling party.