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narco
1[ nahr-koh ]
narco-
2- a combining form meaning “stupor,” “narcosis,” used in the formation of compound words:
narcodiagnosis.
narco-
combining_form
- indicating numbness or torpor
narcolepsy
- connected with or derived from illicit drug production
narcoeconomies
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of narco1
Example Sentences
“There’s no narcotráfico here. It’s just not there. I just don’t understand this need by some journalists to lean into all these sensationalist headlines — narco this, trans that. I’ll say what I’ve always said: This is not a documentary.”
“The war against el narco will not return,” Sheinbaum, who took office last week, said in her daily press conference.
Soldiers and civilians have been killed in separate incidents in recent months involving ‘narco mines’ planted in western Mexico.
“We have become a society profoundly perverted by narco money,” he said the other day.
Rubén Oseguera González, 34, better known as El Menchito, is part of a generation of “narco juniors” learning that the old-school codes of silence and family loyalty that once protected their fathers are increasingly relics of the past.
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