Burst
. To inform against an accomplice. Slang variety of “split” (turn king’s evidence, impeach). The person who does this splits or breaks up the whole concern.
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.