busted

bust-ed · verb, adjective

imported

Definitions

verb, adjective

  1. 1.

    [informal]Broke or smashed something.

  2. 2.

    [informal]Broken or damaged.

  3. 3.

    [informal]Arrested someone.

  4. 4.

    [informal]Caught in the act; discovered.

  5. 5.

    [informal]Caught someone doing something wrong.

  6. 6.

    [informal]Financially ruined; bankrupt.

Related words

See also: arrested, broken, bust, busting

Etymology

From bust + -ed (past tense/adjective suffix). The informal verb "bust" developed in American English as a variant of "burst."