- broken, fractured, or seriously damaged: a busted leg.
- no longer working or operating: a busted radio.
- penniless or bankrupt; broke: busted businesses that can’t pay their bills.
- failed: I never talk about my busted marriages.
- in trouble; caught doing something bad or wrong: I know that’s a lie—you are so busted!
- caught out doing something wrong and therefore in trouble
