bankrupt

adj. 1 legally declared insolvent. 2 (often foll. By of) exhausted or drained (of emotion etc.). n. Insolvent person, esp. One whose assets are used to repay creditors. v. Make bankrupt.  bankruptcy n. (pl. -ies). [italian banca rotta broken bench: related to *bank2]

n. A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.