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Noun: narco-state
  1. 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"

Derived forms: narco-states

Type of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region

Encyclopedia: Narco-state

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