bust
The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operationThe act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
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» Tom got busted for selling drugs.
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10 senses(slang)The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
a narcotics bust
налётnaljót, обла́ваobláva, рейдrejd
(slang)A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
(slang)A failed enterprise; a bomb.
Scheitern, Flopp, Fiasko
(slang)A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
(slang)A disappointment.
(derogatory)A player who fails to meet expectations.
The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
(dated, slang)A spree, unrestrained revel, or wild party.
A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
Büste
бюстbjust
a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
A woman's breasts; the circumference of her chest measured around the breasts.
Busen
бюстbjust, же́нская грудьžénskaja grudʹ
the chest of a woman
Examples
73 sentencesTom got busted for selling drugs.
Tom got busted for stealing a car.
How did you bust out of jail?
I doubt the police are going to bust Tom.
I doubt that the police are going to bust Tom.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English busten, a variant of bursten, bresten (“to burst”). Compare Low GermanFrom Middle English busten, a variant of bursten, bresten (“to burst”). Compare Low German basten, a variant of barsten (“to burst”). Cognate with burst and bost.
Borrowed from French buste, from Italian busto (“torso, upper body”), assumed to stem from Latin bustum (“funeral monument, tomb," originally "funeral pyre, place where corpses are burned”). Perhaps shortened from Latin ambustum, neuter of ambustus (“scorched”), past participle of ambūrō (“burn all over, scorch”), from ambi- (“around”) + ūrō (“to burn”).
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