narco-state
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an area that has been taken over and is controlled and corrupted by drug cartels and where law enforcement is effectively nonexistent
this Mexican town has become a narco-state that ships 100 pounds of cocaine to the United States every day
Types & categories
- geographical area hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | geographical area |