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bankrupting

  • present participle
    of bankrupt.
    bankrupt
    noun
    a person who upon their own petition or that of their creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among their creditors under a bankruptcy law.

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The center filed lawsuits aimed at bankrupting Klan organizations, unsympathetic defendants that made easy targets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Perhaps most evil are the acquisitions of hospitals for the sole purpose of bankrupting them and selling off assets to line someone else’s pockets.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 26, 2026

“I’m getting calls from the East Coast asking me if people should invest in bankrupting L.A. County,” Supervisor Kathryn Barger said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

If successful, Energy Transfer’s $300 million lawsuit may end up bankrupting the advocacy group as a whole, both domestically and internationally.

From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2025

He thought nothing of bankrupting his own people to buy Rome’s protection.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby