n. (informal)
25B6; verb
the lock has bust : BREAK, crack, snap, smash, fracture, shatter, disintegrate; split, burst.
he promised to bust the mafia : OVERTHROW, destroy, topple, bring down, ruin, break, overturn, overcome, defeat, get rid of, oust, dislodge.
they were busted for drugs. : See arrest verb sense 1.
(N. Amer.) my apartment got busted. : See raid verb sense 3.
25A0; go bust FAIL, collapse, fold, go under, founder; go bankrupt, go into receivership, go into liquidation, be wound up; informal crash, go broke, go to the wall, go belly up, flop.