counternarcotics
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- noun
- /ˌkaʊntərˈnɑrkɪtɪks/
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lucha antidrogas
- General Gutierrez had been appointed to the post to emphasize that Mexico was serious about counternarcotics, that this was a war on drugs, and to make the position comparable to that of General Barry McCaffrey, the U.S. drug czar.
- counternarcotics efforts
- counternarcotics agency
- counternarcotics policy
Examples
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The United States also doubled its much more substantial investment in counternarcotics programs to $3.3 billion.
Academic text (2011) -
Counternarcotics efforts provide leverage for corrupt officials to extract enormous bribes from traffickers.
Academic text (2007) -
The United States, we were informed, provides helicopters and other equipment, as well as training in counternarcotics.
Academic text (2000) -
We were told that most of the work DOD is doing in Mexico deals with counternarcotics.
Academic text (2000) -
There are, at last count, no less than forty-three U.S. government agencies involved in counternarcotics.
Academic text (2000) -
From the mid-1980s on, the role of the Mexican military in the counternarcotics effort increased exponentially.
Academic text (2000) -
Afghanistan's counternarcotics commission and the international community have succeeded in reducing poppy planting in 2005.
Academic text (2005) -
Venezuelan recalcitrance in counternarcotics clearly undermines other regional efforts to combat the drug trade.
Blog text (1) -
The debate over the establishment of a Multinational Counternarcotics Center especially shows the inherent contradictions in U.S.-Panamanian relations.
Academic text (1999) -
The government is implementing a new counternarcotics program to reduce the flow of illegal drugs into the country.
Synonyms
Actions and rules to stop illegal drug use and selling
Antonyms
How Extensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
counternarcotics = narcotics (transparent) = counter + narcotic + s
The noun is formed by prefixing 'counter-' to 'narcotics', yielding a clear meaning of activities opposing illegal drugs.
Etymology
Counternarcotics joins counter- ('against') and narcotics ('drugs', from a Greek word for 'numbness'), so the term names the activities or operations that try to prevent and stop illegal drug production and trade.