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narcoterrorism

narcoterrorism noun: use of terrorist tactics as an element of the traffic in illegal narcotics.

Noun

narcoterrorism (uncountable)

  1. Use of terrorist tactics as an element of the traffic in illegal narcotics.
    • Canada has continued to work within this agency to promote a multilateral solution to the problems of narcotrafficking and narcoterrorism.1993, James Rochlin, Discovering the Americas: The Evolution of Canadian Foreign Policy Towards Latin America, page 223
    • Noboa did not provide details on the partnership but said on X that it aims to help in the fight against narcoterrorism and illegal fishing in Ecuador.2025 March 19, Hira Humayun and Michael Rios, “Ecuador’s president invites foreign armies to fight gangs in the country”, in CNN
    Synonyms:
    narcoterror

narcoterrorism meaning in Tamil

narcoterrorism in Tamil

மயக்கச்சுறுத்தியம்

Synonyms of narcoterrorism

Forms of narcoterrorism

alternative formnarco-terrorism

Origin of narcoterrorism

From narco- + terrorism; coined by President of Peru from 1963 to 1968 and from 1980 to 1985 Fernando Belaúnde in 1983 when describing terrorist-type attacks against his nation's anti-narcotics police.

Words formed from narcoterrorism

Questions about narcoterrorism

What does narcoterrorism mean?
Narcoterrorism means use of terrorist tactics as an element of the traffic in illegal narcotics.
What is narcoterrorism in Tamil?
Narcoterrorism in Tamil is மயக்கச்சுறுத்தியம். See Narcoterrorism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is narcoterrorism?
Narcoterrorism is a noun.

Words near narcoterrorism in the dictionary

  1. narcosuggestion
  2. narcosyntheses
  3. narcosynthesis
  4. narcosynthetic
  5. narcoterror
  6. narcoterrorism
  7. narcoterrorist
  8. narcoterrorists
  9. narcotherapeutic
  10. narcotherapy
  11. narcotic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: narcoterrorism (page history and authors); narcoterrorism (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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