United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention

5.4

An agency of the UN that worked to reduce drug use and crime worldwide

proper noun

: Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra las Drogas y el Delito

In 2002, the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention merged into the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Examples

Reports from the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention highlighted emerging trends in international crime.
The United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention was established to combat drug trafficking.
The United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention played a significant role in developing global drug policies.
Have you heard about the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention?
In 2002, the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention merged into the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
Reports from the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention highlighted emerging trends in international crime.
The United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention played a significant role in developing global drug policies.

Synonyms

DCCP

vsUnited Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention

Formal

9.1

A United Nations group that helps countries reduce drug use and crime

is a former agency that is no longer active in those areas

Surface Forms

United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention main

Morphology

united + nation + office + for + drug + control + and + crime + prevention

This is a descriptive institutional name whose meaning is directly built from its constituents: an office of the United Nations responsible for drug control and crime prevention. The elements are literal and follow a transparent, cross-linguistically common naming pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would be able to infer the overall meaning.

Etymology

United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention was named as one UN office with two jobs: one part worked on stopping illegal drugs and the other worked on stopping crime, so imagine two desks in one office. That's why the name means 'a former UN agency that worked worldwide to control drugs and prevent crime'.