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bankrupts

  • plural
    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.
  • present tense form
    of bankrupt (3rd person singular).
    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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Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the authors write, tried to ensure that only “honest but unfortunate” debtors benefited from bankruptcy’s by directing “professional bankrupts . . . to restitution or jail.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

"If the company fails… it will fail because of an advertiser boycott. And that will be what bankrupts the company." he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023

“If it so happens that it bankrupts or puts these individuals and entities in financial peril, so be it,” the attorney general said in an interview when the case was filed.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2022

“If it so happens that it bankrupts or puts these individuals and entities in financial peril, so be it.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2021

The customer who plays zero-sum games against them may win from time to time but never systematically, and never so spectacularly that he bankrupts the casino.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis