narcoterrorism

noun

Etymology

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

Definitions

  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.
    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for narcoterrorism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA