antinarcotics

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adjective

Intended to combat narcotics trade or production

Similar
antidrugcounternarcotics
OriginEnglish narcotics ← Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti →
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Meanings

adjectiveantinarcotics (not comparable)

alternative anti-narcotics

  1. not comparablegovernmentIntended to combat narcotics trade or production

    Since 1993, the United States has twice helped set up special antinarcotics forces here, only to watch their commanders become embroiled in the drug trade themselves.

    2007 March 5, James C. Mckinley Jr., “In Guatemala, Officers’ Killings Echo Dirty War”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: antidrug, counternarcotics

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveIntended to combat narcotics trade or production

Similar
antidrugcounternarcotics
Also see
antidrugantinarcoticcounternarcotics

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Englishnarcotic
  8. Englishnarcotics
  9. Englishantinarcotics

From anti- + narcotics.

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APA

antinarcotics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antinarcotics

MLA

“antinarcotics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antinarcotics. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antinarcotics,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antinarcotics.

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