narcoterrorism
English
Etymology
narco- + terrorism; coined by former President Fernando Belaúnde Terry of Peru in 1983 when describing terrorist-type attacks against his nation's anti-narcotics police.
Noun
narcoterrorism (uncountable)
- Use of terrorist tactics as an element of the traffic in illegal narcotics.
- 1993, James Rochlin, Discovering the Americas: The Evolution of Canadian Foreign Policy Towards Latin America, p. 223:
- Canada has continued to work within this agency to promote a multilateral solution to the problems of narcotrafficking and narcoterrorism.
- 1993, James Rochlin, Discovering the Americas: The Evolution of Canadian Foreign Policy Towards Latin America, p. 223:
Translations
terrorism as a factor in narcotrafficking
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