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

In January, the United States carried out a military operation in Venezuela to capture and bring Maduro and his wife to the United States to face charges including narco-terrorism and drug trafficking. — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Maduro faces charges including conspiracy to commit narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States, while Flores is accused of offenses related to drug importation and firearms possession. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

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

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