What is "busting"

Usage examples of "busting".

Chief Constable, wanting to know what other crime prevention measures could have been put in place for the cost of busting one high-profile bloke smoking a bit of dope in the privacy of his own home.

The audience got to see real-life footage of cops pulling their guns, busting down crack-house doors, handcuffing squirming suspects and seizing relatively minuscule amounts of dope.

Tough Guy Sheriff was too busy busting rap musicians to pay attention to what was going on inside his own department.

And then he went straight up in the air with a yell that made me jump and pull my gun with cold sweat busting out all over me.

Instantly a most awful bustle broke loose in there and of all the whooping and bellering and shooting I ever heard, and the lion squalling amongst it all, and clothes and hides tearing so you could hear it all over the clearing, and the hosses busting loose and tearing out through the bresh.

I run through the bresh, guided by the maddened howls which riz horribly on the air, and busting through some bushes I seen Uncle Jeppard rolling on the ground with both hands clasped to the rear bosom of his buckskin britches which was smoking freely.

Ralf to work off, what more could you ask for without busting the budget?

Wozniak and Levy have needled the FCIC itself into action, who have made busting Snakebyte their pet project.

Boniface had to choose that moment to come busting into my office without knocking.

Breaking into one of those trash cans is probably tougher than busting into your local bank vault.