anti-narcotics

adjective

an·​ti-nar·​cot·​ics ˌan-tē-när-ˈkä-tiks  ˌan-tī- 

variants or less commonly antinarcotics

: acting against or opposing illicit drugs and their use and distribution

an anti-narcotics operation

anti-narcotics officials

Examples of anti-narcotics in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the meantime, the administration’s anti-narcotics campaign carries on: The U.S. military struck two more boats suspected of carrying drugs last week, bringing to 104 the death toll of the campaign, which began in September. —Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Dec. 2025

The move, while largely symbolic, lays legal groundwork for targeted strikes beyond traditional anti-narcotics operations. —Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025

Experts have also questioned the motivations behind the deployment, claiming American firepower far exceeds what is needed for the US’ stated anti-narcotics operations. —Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 2 Dec. 2025

But the idea of Maduro as the head of a criminal enterprise terrorizing the United States has allowed Rubio to repackage military action against Venezuela as an anti-narcotics campaign. —David Smilde, Time, 3 Nov. 2025

And those involved in the country's anti-narcotics fight have warned that recent funding cuts by the White House threaten to reverse the decline in overdose deaths and jeopardize other gains in the battle against synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and its analogues. —Mariam Sunny, Freep.com, 15 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-narcotics

• antibiotics
• antipsychotics
• epizootics
• xenobiotics
• aeronautics
• astronautics
• probiotics
• semiotics
• aquatics
• exotics
• hypnotics
• narcotics