bankrupt
Example Sentences
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First Brands Group has been unable to find financing or a buyer to continue most of its companywide operations, the bankrupt auto-parts supplier said as it laid off employees in its aftermarket businesses Monday.
Two executives of bankrupt telecommunications business Mobileum conspired to inflate the company’s profit ahead of a private-equity buyout, federal prosecutors alleged in a criminal indictment.
“It went bankrupt, didn’t pay any of its creditors. But I still get a disability check from Sky Trails, every single month.”
From Literature
“It is legally indefensible, morally bankrupt and completely untethered from the scientific record.”
From Los Angeles Times
The First Punic War spanned 23 years and nearly bankrupted both sides.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
