1 without enough money to pay what you owe:
They went bankrupt in 1993. * The company was declared bankrupt in the High Court.
2 ~ (of sth) (formal, disapproving) completely lacking in anything that has value:
a government bankrupt of new ideas * a society that is morally bankrupt
noun (law) a person who has been judged by a court of law to be unable to pay his or her debts
verb [VN] to make sb bankrupt:
The company was almost bankrupted by legal costs.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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