drug bust
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3.1
- noun
- /drʌg bʌst/
- NSFW
- We worked together on a drug bust in San Pedro that made the brass look real good.
- a big drug bust
- arrested in a drug bust
- a huge drug bust
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Watch on YouTubeAnd, you know, we had this this marijuana drug bust, which, you know, we shouldn't even be bothering with that anyway.
- And, you know, we had this this marijuana drug bust, which, you know, we shouldn't even be bothering with that anyway.
Examples
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The police celebrated a significant drug bust that removed hundreds of illegal substances from the streets.
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We're talking about potentially the biggest drug bust in the history of this state.
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This is a drug bust.
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Cops make a drug bust.
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It would be the biggest drug bust Cologne has ever seen.
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The Salvatore Maroni case was the biggest drug bust in city history.
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At 8:15 p.m., officers made a drug bust on Florence Ave.
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Curry and Rivas' relationship also included a drug bust in which Rivas pointed out a man who was found with cocaine on his person.
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As soon as a suspect is arrested in a drug bust, his or her phone is secured so a friend can't remotely wipe out incriminating details.
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Last week, authorities announced one of the largest drug busts in the city's history, leading to multiple arrests.
Synonyms
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A police action in which officers pretend to buy illegal drugs to arrest sellers
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An event when police take illegal drugs and arrest people
How Extensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is transparently built from 'bust' (a police raid/arrest) modified by 'drug', so the meaning 'a police operation to seize illegal drugs' is directly derivable from the constituents and standard English compounding patterns. This compositional structure is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words should readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase drug bust may come from the slang bust, which means a sudden police action to 'break' into a place or to arrest people. Imagine officers 'busting' into a building and taking illegal drugs, and that's why the phrase means a police raid where drugs are taken and people are arrested.