narco-terrorism

noun

nar·​co-ter·​ror·​ism ˈnär-(ˌ)kō-ˈter-ər-ˌi-zəm 

: terrorism financed by profits from illegal drug trafficking

Narco-terrorism should become a major issue in bilateral discussions in the international community …

—Rachel Ehrenfeld

narco-terrorist

ˈnär-(ˌ)kō-ˈter-ər-ist 

noun

Examples of narco-terrorism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The selective application of trafficking claims The narco-terrorism label was selectively applied not only to left-wing guerrillas but to the two communist governments in Latin America. — Michelle D. Paranzino, The Conversation, 11 June 2026

His office also obtained the guilty plea of former Venezuelan general Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios and the superseding indictment and January arrest of then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on narco-terrorism and other charges. — Josh Meyer, USA Today, 11 June 2026

The couple is swiftly flown to the United States, where Maduro is charged with various crimes, including narco-terrorism and cocaine trafficking. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 May 2026

Maduro faces charges of narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices. — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for narco-terrorism

• absolutism
• adventurism
• aestheticism
• africanism
• agnosticism
• alcoholism
• anachronism
• anglicanism
• antagonism
• arianism
• asceticism
• astigmatism