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drug deal

drug deal noun: an illegal business transaction where cash or something else of value is exchanged for illegal drugs, usually conducted in a clandestine manner.

Noun

drug deal (plural drug deals)

  1. An illegal business transaction where cash or something else of value is exchanged for illegal drugs, usually conducted in a clandestine manner.
    Synonyms:
    dope deal
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drug, deal.
    • A new drug deal of mammoth proportions which has excited the liveliest amount of interest in the wholesale and retail trade in Cincinnati, and throughout the State, has just been consummated.1902 March 1, American druggist and pharmaceutical record, volumes 40-41, page 152
    • Agrichemical interests, not part of the drug deal, were advised to pursue their own bill,1985, Jack Doyle, Altered harvest: agriculture, genetics, and the fate of the ...

Examples of drug deal in a sentence

  • Several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have denounced the lack of transparency in a multinational HTV/AIDS drug deal for developing countries.2001, West Africa, numbers 4258-4273:
  • There is little downside to the drug deal – the losses involved are profits from potential future sales of patented drugs.2005, John English, Ramesh Chandra Thakur, Andrew Fenton Cooper, Reforming from the Top: A Leaders’ 20 Summit, page 36:
  • After 2004 two deals were brought to market, 2005 has welcomed its first drug deal already in January.2005, Alexander Kirsch, Securitization of Intellectual Property as a Funding Alternative, page 53:
  • The drug deal reached among the countries appeared to be a temporary relief to the developing countries.2005, P. K. Vasudeva, World Trade Organization: implications for Indian economy:

Synonyms of drug deal

Forms of drug deal

pluraldrug deals

Words formed from drug deal

Questions about drug deal

What does drug deal mean?
Drug deal means an illegal business transaction where cash or something else of value is exchanged for illegal drugs, usually conducted in a clandestine manner.
How do you use drug deal in a sentence?
Several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have denounced the lack of transparency in a multinational HTV/AIDS drug deal for developing countries.
What part of speech is drug deal?
Drug deal is a noun.
What is the plural of drug deal?
The plural of drug deal is drug deals.

Words near drug deal in the dictionary

  1. drug busts
  2. drug cartel
  3. drug cartels
  4. drug challenge
  5. drug challenges
  6. drug deal
  7. drug dealer
  8. drug dealers
  9. drug deals
  10. drug den
  11. drug dens

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