plural kilos
: a unit of mass or weight equaling one thousand grams or approximately 2.2 pounds : kilogram
Each sack weighs 50 kilos.
Did you know … that it takes a lobster between five and seven years to grow to a weight of half a kilo, the minimum size it should reach before being fished?—
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Food & DrinkWhen he finally strips off the kilos of gold enveloping his body, Deion is as light as a feather.—Curry Kirkpatrick
Curry KirkpatrickGathering in Versailles, west of Paris, governments are expected on Friday to approve plans to instead use a scientific formulation to define the exact mass of a kilo.—John Leicester
John LeicesterKilo
2 of 3communications code word
—used as a code word for the letter k
: thousand
kiloton
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025
Our server told us that some 90 kilos of the mother mole was flown to L.A. from Mexico City.
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
More: Narco-submarine crew arrested in plot to ferry thousands of kilos of coke on the high seas
Narco-subs and fishermen spies
Corrupting authorities responsible for finding drug traffickers is just one of the many ways smugglers aim to bring cocaine to the U.S. undetected by law enforcement.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
The report also recognized that international regulation had not eliminated the trade of fentanyl precursors, noting U.S. seizures of more than 650 kilos of precursors not under international control in 2023.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that authorities have made one of the biggest fentanyl busts in U.S. history with the seizure of 11.5 kilos of the drug, including 3 million pills.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025
Our server told us that some 90 kilos of the mother mole was flown to L.A. from Mexico City.
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
More: Narco-submarine crew arrested in plot to ferry thousands of kilos of coke on the high seas
Narco-subs and fishermen spies
Corrupting authorities responsible for finding drug traffickers is just one of the many ways smugglers aim to bring cocaine to the U.S. undetected by law enforcement.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
The report also recognized that international regulation had not eliminated the trade of fentanyl precursors, noting U.S. seizures of more than 650 kilos of precursors not under international control in 2023.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Kilo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kilo. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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