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narco-state

DEFINITIONS OF: narco-state

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n an area that has been taken over and is controlled and corrupted by drug cartels and where law enforcement is effectively nonexistent

“this Mexican town has become a narco-state that ships 100 pounds of cocaine to the United States every day”
Type of:
geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
a demarcated area of the Earth
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