nar·co
ˈnär-(ˌ)kō
plural narcos
1
US slang
: one who traffics or deals drugs illegally
One of the ways for big narcos to launder drug money was to acquire land.—Maureen Orth
… the US government has for the past fifteen years been waging all-out war on the Colombian narcos, with little to show for it.—Michael Massing
also
: narcotic drugs
—usually used before another noun
narco traffic/traffickers
narco smuggling
see also narco- sense 2
2
US slang
: a person investigating narcotics violations : narc
Students also have agitated against university acquiescence in the presence on the campus of "narcos"—police agents seeking to make arrests for violations of narcotics laws …—Earl C. Gottschalk, Jr.
1
: deep sleep
narcolepsy
2
[narcotic]
: associated with, relating to, or engaged in the sale of illegal narcotics
narco-corruption
narco-criminals
narco-dollars [=dollars gained through the sale of illegal narcotics]
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