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busted adjective

  /ˈbʌstəd/
  • (slang) Caught in the act of doing something one shouldn't do.
 aufgeflogen, erwischt, geschnappt
  • (slang) Broke; having no money.
 pleite

bust noun

  /ˈbʌst/
  • A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
 Büste, Busen

bust verb

  /ˈbʌst/
  • (transitive, slang) To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
 erwischen, ertappen, zerbrechen, zerstören
bersten
  • (US, informal) To reduce in rank.
 degradieren
  • (transitive, slang) To arrest (someone) for a crime.
 einlochen
  • (transitive, slang) To break in (a woman or girl), to deflower
  • (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate; to eject semen or to squirt.
 zerbrechen, zerstören

bust noun

  /ˈbʌst/
  • (slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.
 Fiasko, Flopp, Scheitern
busted flush
Fehlschlag, Flop, Luftnummer, Reinfall
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