bust in English: To break something, or, in informal English, for the police to catch someone. (verb)

Translation

To break something, or, in informal English, for the police to catch someone.

Word origin

An informal American form of burst, written down from the early 1800s.

Verb typeinformal and irregular (bust, busts, bust or busted)

Irregular verb. A full conjugation table for irregular verbs is coming soon. For now, use a reference like Wordreference or RAE.

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"Bust" is an informal way to say "break".

busted .

Here "bust" means the police caught him.

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In Britain "bust" is also an adjective meaning broken.

break

To make something come apart into pieces, or to stop it working.

police

The official group of people whose job is to stop crime and keep people safe.

catch

To take hold of something that is moving through the air with your hands.

arrest

To take someone away and hold them, as the police do to a person they think has broken the law.

crime

Something a person does that is against the law.

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