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narco

1

[ nahr-koh ]

noun

, Slang.
, plural nar·cos.


narco-

2
  1. a combining form meaning “stupor,” “narcosis,” used in the formation of compound words:

    narcodiagnosis.

narco-

combining_form

  1. indicating numbness or torpor

    narcolepsy

  2. connected with or derived from illicit drug production

    narcoeconomies

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of narco1

Shortening of narcotic; -o

Origin of narco2

< Greek nárk ( ē ) numbness, stiffness + -o-
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Word History and Origins

Origin of narco1

from Greek narkē numbness
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Example Sentences

This house on Parsioneros, after all, was only one of many such narco-tombs in Juarez, known as narcofosas.

Most coverage of Santa Muerte has focused on her role as a narco-saint.

Quintero looks at narco blogs that get updated at least once every 30 minutes, he says, all day, every day.

Go and watch it—it is included in the new documentary Narco Cultura, by photographer and filmmaker Shaul Schwartz.

“If you take a narco out, another one will come forward,” he said.

He recognized the latest model lie-detector, a rather outdated narco-synthesizer, a Class B Psychocomputer.

Under narco-hypnosis, they'll testify that they saw a couple of Wizard Traders take their robes off.

Why, if we give all those people in the pictures narco-hyps, we won't learn the base-line designation; none of them will know it.

"A few Councilmen are going to drop dead before they can be narco-hypped," Dalla prophesied over the rim of her glass.

We must stand by democracies--like Colombia, fighting narco-traffickers for its people's lives, and our children's lives.

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