Bust/busted/bust-up

A solecism or corruption of burst as both noun and verb that first makes its appearance in English from around 1830. Charles Dickens uses it in several of his novels. Bust and busted, meaning an arrest or having been arrested by the police, dates from the late 19th century, as does bust-up, meaning a break-up. Gone bust meaning ruined or bankrupt also dates from the late 19th century.