narco-state

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Frequency: 2.57 in modern English

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noun

"With the collapse of the government, there is a real danger the country will become a narco-state."
"During his trial, prosecutors in New York said Hernández ran the Central American country like a "narco-state" and accepted millions of dollars in bribes from drug traffickers to shield them from the law."

From narco- + state.

narco-states (plural) narcostate (alternative)

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