Definition of narco-state in English:
narco-state
nounˈnɑːkəʊsteɪtˈnɑrkoʊˌsteɪt
A country whose economy is dependent on the trade in illegal drugs.
he turned his nation into a narco-state by giving drug cartels free rein to produce and ship cocaine
Example sentencesExamples
- I am now living in one of the busiest narco-states in the world.
- What this war has achieved is to restore a compliant narco-state, headed by a US appointed puppet.
- People were murdered with impunity and worse than this, it became a narco-state.
- These horrible acts of violence must be understood within the context of an increasingly vile and murderous narco-state.
- It's now labeled a narco-state in which drug lords and traffickers control both the economy and law enforcement.
- But the new slew of charges helped shed light on an impoverished country, which international observers say has long been a narco-state.
- There is a real danger that if the battles with gangs in the region aren't won, these countries could become narco-states.
- The island has become a narco-state and the people living there are not seeing it.
- Under him, the country visibly turned into a narco-state with organised criminal gangs.
Origin
1970s: from narco- + state.
Definition of narco-state in US English:
narco-state
nounˈnɑrkoʊˌsteɪtˈnärkōˌstāt
A state whose economy is dependent on the trade in illegal drugs.
he turned his nation into a narco-state by giving drug cartels free rein to produce and ship cocaine
Example sentencesExamples
- It's now labeled a narco-state in which drug lords and traffickers control both the economy and law enforcement.
- What this war has achieved is to restore a compliant narco-state, headed by a US appointed puppet.
- People were murdered with impunity and worse than this, it became a narco-state.
- The island has become a narco-state and the people living there are not seeing it.
- I am now living in one of the busiest narco-states in the world.
- There is a real danger that if the battles with gangs in the region aren't won, these countries could become narco-states.
- But the new slew of charges helped shed light on an impoverished country, which international observers say has long been a narco-state.
- Under him, the country visibly turned into a narco-state with organised criminal gangs.
- These horrible acts of violence must be understood within the context of an increasingly vile and murderous narco-state.
Origin
1970s: from narco- + state.