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narcos

narcos is the plural of narco.

Meaning of narco

Noun (1)

narco (countable and uncountable, plural narcos)

  1. (colloquial, uncountable) Narcotics.
    • Margo sighed her contentment. ‘Selling narco in Harlem is the life. There's nothing finer.’1971, Robert Deane Pharr, SRO
  2. (countable, crime) A Latin American drug baron, usually from Colombia or Mexico.
    • The conflict has become a test of endurance for both the government and the narcos.2010 October 16, “Under the volcano”, in The Economist

Noun (2)

narco (plural narcos)

  1. Someone suffering from narcolepsy.
    • I too am a narco. Have been for about 10 years.1998 January 6, “Not many postings?”, in alt.support.narcolepsy (Usenet)

Questions about narcos

What is narcos the plural of?
Narcos is the plural of narco.

Words near narcos in the dictionary

  1. narcopath
  2. narcopathic
  3. narcopaths
  4. narcopolitical
  5. narcopolitics
  6. narcos
  7. narcose
  8. narcosed
  9. narcoses
  10. narcosing
  11. narcosis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: narcos (page history and authors); narco (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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