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单词 narcotraficante
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narcotraficanten.

Brit. /ˌnɑːkəʊtrafᵻˈkanti/, /nɑːkəʊˌtrafᵻˈkanteɪ/, U.S. /ˈˌnɑrkoʊˌtræfəˈkæn(t)i/, /ˈˌnɑrkoʊˌtræfəˈkæn(t)eɪ/
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish narcotraficante.
Etymology: < Spanish narcotraficante drug-trafficker (1972 or earlier) < narco- (see narco- comb. form) + traficante dealer, trafficker ( < traficar (see traffic v.) + -ante -ant suffix1). Compare slightly later narco-trafficker at narco- comb. form 2c.
In South America: a member of a drug cartel; esp. a person who deals in or smuggles illicit drugs; a drug trafficker.
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1980 Jrnl. Interamerican Stud. & World Affairs 22 355 Then, and now, many law-abiding citizens lived in fear of narcotraficantes.
1984 Business Week (Nexis) 27 Aug. 50 But most disturbing to law-abiding Columbians has been the growing political power of the country's drug mafia. The narcotraficantes have contributed heavily to both political parties for years.
1992 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Dec. 96/3 By 1975, at the age of 25, [he] was attracting the attention of Columbian customs as a narcotraficante.
1997 J. F. Holden-Rhodes Sharing Secrets vii. 111 Their mission was..to record suspected radio transmissions between narcotraficantes and certain government agencies.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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