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roust

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roust someone out of something

 and roust someone out

to force someone out of something. Bob's brother rousted him out of bed just in time for the school bus. He rousted out his brother.

See also: of, out, roust

roust

(rɑʊst)

1. tv. [for a police officer] to bother or interfere with someone; to arrest someone. (see also rousted. Underworld.) The cops rousted the gang without warning.

2. tv. to raid someone’s residence; to bust a person or place. (Underworld.) That bar was rousted last week.

3. n. a raid or a bust. Okay, stand still. This is a roust!

rousted

(ˈrɑʊstəd)

mod. arrested. (Underworld.) The cops rousted the dealers, but that didn’t even slow down the drug trade.

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