Used in a Sentence

narco

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for narco.

Editorial note

I realized it was over when I also read about the narco subs, now there are narco drones.

Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(uncountable, colloquial) Narcotics.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of narco gathered in one view.

noun

(uncountable, colloquial) Narcotics.

noun

(crime, countable) A Latin American drug baron, usually from Colombia or Mexico.

noun

(pathology) Someone suffering from narcolepsy.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for narco.

noun

(uncountable, colloquial) Narcotics.

noun

(crime, countable) A Latin American drug baron, usually from Colombia or Mexico.

noun

(pathology) Someone suffering from narcolepsy.

noun

(law enforcement, countable) Acronym of narcotics control officer (“a police officer specializing in drug crimes”).

Example sentences

1

I realized it was over when I also read about the narco subs, now there are narco drones.

2

Typical narco-subs are not submersible at all, the bulk of the craft is below water but the conning tower is on the surface at all times.

3

There used to be the Coast Guard, but even that has been re-purposed into the failed narco war.

4

In regards to finding the narco radio stations, wouldn't it be trivial to triangulate their location and destroy them?

5

Pretty sure narco-violence isn't caused by drug crazed gangsters, but by a combination of prohibition and weak/corrupt law enforcement.

6

The narco Cartels releasing videos of their hideous torture and murder has totally changed my mind about the cocaine trade.

7

You do realize you're comparing the present day United States law enforcement with Rwandean tribes, Mexican narco-terrorists and the middle ages?

8

In Mexico the narco terrorists pulled innocent people off of a bus and made them pit fight to the death for their amusement.

9

Perhaps it was an extremely large narco-submarine [1] smuggling drugs into Sweden.

10

Huxely's mechanisms of Soma, infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis feel less real.

11

Use of fingerprints could weed out the Narco pill poppers?

12

When I saw the news, my first thought was narco-submarines.

Quote examples

1

Then comes this: "narco+alco have turned kooky people i love into obliterated people i love.

2

(edit: according to Wikipedia, newer narco-subs may be fully submersible, but still probably not for extended periods of time) Also, the Swedish military claims to have had "contact" and detected the craft with several sensors.

3

"Within the next generation I believe that the world's rulers will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging and kicking them into obedience."

Proper noun examples

1

Narco submarines are for getting drugs into jurisdictions, which for Europe is the Atlantic states, usually Spain or Portugal.

2

Read books like El Narco, that document their intimidation of villages and towns into being involved in their grow and production operations.

3

Narco-submarine doesn't sound plausible at all.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use narco in a sentence?

I realized it was over when I also read about the narco subs, now there are narco drones.

What does narco mean?

(uncountable, colloquial) Narcotics.

What part of speech is narco?

narco is commonly used as noun.