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noun
Use of terrorist tactics as an element of the traffic in illegal narcotics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: narcoterror
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the financing of terrorist activities by participation in the drug trade
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act
History
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.
Across languages
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