01 adj. Inoperable due to damage; broken; -- of a machine; as, the coke machine is busted.
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Inoperable due to damage; broken; -- of a machine; as, the coke machine is busted.[informal]
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Arrested for committing a crime; -- of a person; as, the rock star was busted for coke possession..[informal]
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same as demoted; -- said especially of military rank, and often folowed by to; as, he was busted to corporal for being AWOL.[predicate] See: demoted
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