<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>Law. 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.</li><li>any insolvent debtor; a person unable to satisfy any just claims made upon them.</li><li>a person who is lacking in a particular thing or quality: a moral bankrupt.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>Law. subject to or under legal process because of insolvency; insolvent.</li><li>Synonyms: impoverished, destitute.</li><li>at the end of one's resources; lacking (usually followed by of or in): bankrupt of compassion; bankrupt in good manners.</li><li>related to the act or process of being adjudged insolvent by a court and having one's property administered for and divided among one's creditors.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>to make insolvent: His embezzlement bankrupted the company.</li></ul>