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bust
noun- a police raid, especially for suspected drug offences US, 1938
- Release, the London drug-bust organisation[.] — Richard Neville, Play Power, p. 15, 1970
- an arrest US, 1953
- I didn’t burn you, Joe, honest ... I told you it was a bust, honest. — Alexander Trocchi, Cain’s Book, p. 150, 1960
- Since a bust does not seem imminent, I climb out the window and go to crew at four. — James Simon Kunen, The Strawberry Statement, p. 35, 1968
- Hey you smoking Mother Nature / this is a bust — The Who, We’re Not Gonna Take It, 1969
- to reduce someone in rank or standing US
- Word’s going around that in addition to losing Ganz for the second time, and in addition to Haden busting you back to patrolman, some jig beat the crap out of you. — 48 Hours, 1982
- a burglary UK, 1857
- Omnopon–are sold in ampoules or hypodermic tablets. These are usually obtained from chemist-shop busts. — Kevin Mackey, The Cure, p. xv, 1970
- a complete failure US, 1842
- Don’t spend much time here himself. He’s a bust. — Marvin Wald and Albert Maltz, The Naked City, 1947
- Them PRs are the reason my old man’s gone bust. — Stephen Sondheim, West Side Story, 1957
- in poker, a worthless hand US
- — Irwin Steig, Common Sense in Poker, p. 182, 1963
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 15, 1988
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