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counternarcotics

counternarcotics noun: the enforcement of laws against the use or distribution of narcotics.

Noun

counternarcotics (uncountable)

  1. (often noun adjunct) The enforcement of laws against the use or distribution of narcotics
    • I was in counternarcotics for many years.
    • He worked on the counternarcotics squad.

Synonyms of counternarcotics

Forms of counternarcotics

alternative formcounter-narcotics

Origin of counternarcotics

From counter- + narcotics.

Questions about counternarcotics

What does counternarcotics mean?
Counternarcotics means the enforcement of laws against the use or distribution of narcotics.
What part of speech is counternarcotics?
Counternarcotics is a noun.

Words near counternarcotics in the dictionary

  1. countermythology
  2. countermyths
  3. counternaiant
  4. counternarcoterrorism
  5. counternarcotic
  6. counternarcotics
  7. counternarrative
  8. counternarratives
  9. counternatural
  10. counternaturally
  11. counternoise

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