Meanings
nouncounternarcotics (uncountable)
alternative counter-narcotics
- uncountableoften noun adjunctThe enforcement of laws against the use or distribution of narcotics
He worked on the counternarcotics squad.
1 more example
I was in counternarcotics for many years.
Synonyms: antidrug, antinarcotics
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe enforcement of laws against the use or distribution of narcotics
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Proto-Italic*komteros
- Proto-Italic*komterād
- Latincontrā
- Old Frenchcontre-
- Anglo-Normancountre-
- Middle Englishcounter-
- Englishcounter-
- Englishnarcotic
- Englishnarcotics
- Englishcounternarcotics
Cite this entry
APA
counternarcotics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counternarcotics
MLA
“counternarcotics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counternarcotics. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counternarcotics,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counternarcotics.
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