Meaning

3 senses
  1. (slang)An escape attempt, usually from a prison.

  2. (dated, slang)An attempt at cheating, such as gambling with weighted dice.

  3. (dated, slang)A commercial bankruptcy caused for deliberate and nefarious purposes by organized crime; any deliberately contrived bankruptcy.

Forms

plural: bust-outs
Singularbust-out
Pluralbust-outs

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

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