counterdrug

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adjective

Against the trafficking of drugs.

OriginEnglish drug ← Middle English counter- ← Anglo-Norman countre- →
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Meanings

adjectivecounterdrug (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAgainst the trafficking of drugs.

    As corruption continued unabated, the United States encouraged the Mexican government to create special counterdrug units within the PGR.

    2005, Coletta Youngers, Eileen Rosin, Drugs and Democracy in Latin America

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Italic*komteros
  6. Proto-Italic*komterād
  7. Latincontrā
  8. Old Frenchcontre-
  9. Anglo-Normancountre-
  10. Middle Englishcounter-
  11. Englishcounter-
  12. Englishdrug
  13. Englishcounterdrug

From counter- + drug.

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APA

counterdrug. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterdrug

MLA

“counterdrug.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterdrug. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterdrug,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterdrug.

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