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DRUG CARTEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An illicit cartel formed to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugs
Example:
drug cartels sometimes finance terrorist organizations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("drug cartel" is a kind of...):
cartel; combine; corporate trust; trust (a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service)
Instance hyponyms:
Medellin cartel (a drug cartel in Colombia; controlled the production of cocaine from the 1970s until 1993 when the leader was killed)
Cali cartel (a drug cartel that seized control of cocaine production in Colombia in 1993; adopted techniques used by terrorist organizations (small cells and sophisticated communications equipment and close ties with politicians etc.))
