plural narcos
Definition of narco
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
US slang
: one who traffics or deals drugs illegally
One of the ways for big narcos to launder drug money was to acquire land.— Maureen Orth … the US government has for the past fifteen years been waging all-out war on the Colombian narcos, with little to show for it.— Michael Massing
also
: narcotic drugs
—usually used before another noun narco traffic/traffickers narco smuggling
— see also narco- sense 2
2
US slang
: a person investigating narcotics violations : narc
Students also have agitated against university acquiescence in the presence on the campus of "narcos"—police agents seeking to make arrests for violations of narcotics laws …— Earl C. Gottschalk Jr.
narco-
combining formDefinition of narco- (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: deep sleep
narcolepsy
2
[narcotic]
: associated with, relating to, or engaged in the sale of illegal narcotics
narco-terrorism narco-corruption narco-criminals narco-dollars [=dollars gained through the sale of illegal narcotics]
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The first known use of narco was in 1954
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