burned

/ bɜːnd /

adjective

1. having been cheated in a sale of drugs

Example Sentences

He burned out and was pushed out.

From Salon

The Black and Latino families whose Palm Springs homes were razed and burned in a brutal urban renewal project in the 1950s and 1960s have tentatively agreed to a $5.9 million settlement, the city announced Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times

The use of oil and gas are major causes of global warming, as they release planet-warming gases like carbon dioxide when they are burned.

From BBC

The court previously heard that Sara was hooded, burned and beaten during more than two years of abuse before she was found dead at her family home in Woking, Surrey, last year.

From BBC

Waring was also said to have helped Chapman take the car to a rural location near Frodsham, Cheshire, on New Year's Eve, where it was later found burned out.

From BBC

Related Words

• charred
• scorched