| 单词 | drug-pushing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdrug-pushing drug-pushing n. and adj. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.) (a) n. the action or practice of selling drugs illegally; (more generally) the promotion or encouragement of drug use; (b) adj. that sells (addictive) drugs illegally; (more generally) that promotes or initiates the use of drugs. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > selling or sale of specific things > [noun] > narcotics drug peddling1861 drug traffic1868 dope-trafficking1933 connection1934 dope-running1941 dope-smuggling1941 dope-peddling1959 drug-pushing1959 pushing1962 push1973 1959 ‘F. Newton’ Jazz Scene 293 Entertainment, petty crime, prostitution, drug-pushing and the like. 1971 Times 15 Jan. 6/1 (heading) S Africa considers death penalty for drug pushing. 1981 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 12 Nov. 3 [In gaming arcades] children may spend too much time and money among ‘undesirables’, who represent gambling and drug pushing elements. 1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 Aug. a22/4 Since..use of high doses were excluded in this study, its findings cut through the zealotry of these drug-pushing companies. 1995 D. Hobbs Bad Business iii. 23 Moira is about as far away from the drug-pushing demon of the tabloid headlines as could be imagined. 2008 Guardian (Nexis) 27 Feb. ii. 8 It took 20 years for the adverse effects of Valium to emerge. Maybe it takes 20 years in our world of global drug pushing for the truth to emerge. < as lemmas |
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