heroinnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈher.əʊ.ɪn/us/ˈher.oʊ.ɪn/a powerful illegal drug:
Heroin is obtained from morphine and is extremely addictive.
a heroin addict
She died from a heroin overdose.
More examples
- 23 people were arrested and large quantities of heroin were seized in a dawn raid .
- The girls were duped by drug smugglers into carrying heroin for them.
- He was arrested at the airport with a kilo of heroin secreted in his clothing.
- Customs officers at Felixstowe discovered heroin with a street value of £6 million.
- By the age of 14 he was addicted to heroin.
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Specific types of drug
- amyl nitrite
- antiretroviral
- blunt
- cisplatin
- coke
- corticosteroid
- designer drug
- downer
- hash
- junk
- marijuana
- methamphetamine
- mickey
- mind-altering
- narcotic
- pep pill
- popper
- skunkweed
- stimulant
- weed
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