/NAR-ko/
A drug trafficker, someone involved in the narco underworld. In Mexico and Latin America narco is used matter-of-factly — it's a fixture of the cultural vocabulary, from news to music to slang.
Example
"The whole town lives in fear of the cartel."
"That Netflix series about the cartel is brutal but accurate."
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/NAR-ko/
A drug trafficker, someone involved in the narco underworld. In Mexico and Latin America narco is used matter-of-factly — it's a fixture of the cultural vocabulary, from news to music to slang.
Example
"The whole town lives in fear of the cartel."
"That Netflix series about the cartel is brutal but accurate."
Word family
Regional synonyms: