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narcobourgeoisie

narcobourgeoisie noun: the bourgeoisie who have gained their wealth through narcotrafficking.

Noun

narcobourgeoisie (uncountable)

  1. The bourgeoisie who have gained their wealth through narcotrafficking.
    • The power this narcobourgeoisie gained throughout the 1980s crippled efforts to control and capture traffickers and strengthened the efforts of the traffickers themselves.1996, Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz, Latin America in the World-economy, page 44
    • The evidence in this section suggests that the greater the upstream risks extant in the cocaine business at any given time in Colombia, the more likely private armies will be employed to uphold the interests of the narcobourgeoisie.2007, Stanley C. Weeber, Private Armies, Citizen Militias, and Religious Terrorists, page 58

Origin of narcobourgeoisie

From narco- + bourgeoisie.

Questions about narcobourgeoisie

What does narcobourgeoisie mean?
Narcobourgeoisie means the bourgeoisie who have gained their wealth through narcotrafficking.
What part of speech is narcobourgeoisie?
Narcobourgeoisie is a noun.

Words near narcobourgeoisie in the dictionary

  1. narcoanalyst
  2. narcoanalysts
  3. narcoanalytic
  4. narcoanalytical
  5. narcobourgeois
  6. narcobourgeoisie
  7. narcocatharsis
  8. narcocinema
  9. narcocorrido
  10. narcocorridos
  11. narcocracies

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