Both Uses of
bankrupt
in
The Da Vinci Code
- Suspiciously, Opus Dei's elevation occurred the same year the wealthy sect allegedly had transferred almost one billion dollars into the Vatican's Institute for Religious Works—commonly known as the Vatican Bank—bailing it out of an embarrassing bankruptcy.†
Chpt 7
- They began extending credit to bankrupt royals and charging interest in return, thereby establishing modern banking and broadening their wealth and influence still further.†
Chpt 37-38 *
Definition:
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(bankrupt as in: company went bankrupt) legally declared to be unable to pay money that is owed
or (informally): the state of having little or no money