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narco-state
DEFINITIONS OF:
narco-state
1
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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