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