Meaning

1 senses
  1. A criminal organization consisting of independent druglords who collude with each other in order to improve their profits and dominate the illegal drug trade.

More definitions
  • an illicit cartel formed to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugs

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Mexico is experiencing unprecedented violence as drug cartels are battling over distribution routes.

    ruМексика переживает беспрецедентный всплеск насилия, по мере того как наркокартели соперничают за маршруты распространения наркотиков. — odexed

  2. Mexican drug cartels are vying over lucrative drug-trafficking routes to the U.S.

    ruМексиканские наркокартели соперничают друг с другом за прибыльные маршруты контрабанды наркотиков в США. — odexed

    deMexikanische Drogenkartelle wetteifern über lukrative Drogenhandelswege in die Vereinigten Staaten. — Esperantostern

  3. When a drug cartel came calling at a store selling vapes in northern Mexico, the owners knew they were powerless.

Forms

plural: drug cartels
Singulardrug cartel
Pluraldrug cartels

regular

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