"narco" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnɑːkəʊ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-narco.wav [Southern-England] Forms: narcos [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kəʊ Etymology: Clipping of narcotics.. From narcotic. Etymology templates: {{no deprecated lang param usage|Clipping of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class="Latn mention" lang="en">narcotics</i></span>.|lang=}} Clipping of narcotics., {{clipping of|en|narcotics}} Clipping of narcotics., {{m|en|narcotic}} narcotic Head templates: {{en-noun}} narco (plural narcos)
  1. Narcotics. Related terms (narcotics agent): knocko
    Sense id: en-narco-en-noun-89PavRCf Disambiguation of 'narcotics agent': 74 7 19
  2. (crime) A South American drug baron. Categories (topical): Crime, People, Sleep
    Sense id: en-narco-en-noun-Rq9jw18e Disambiguation of People: 0 78 14 8 Disambiguation of Sleep: 0 68 8 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 49 9 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 65 5 27
  3. (law enforcement) Acronym of narcotics control officer (“a police officer specializing in drug crimes”). Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: narcotics control officer (extra: a police officer specializing in drug crimes) Categories (topical): Law enforcement Synonyms: narc
    Sense id: en-narco-en-noun-A6RyX-Si Topics: government, law-enforcement
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈnɑːkəʊ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-narco.wav [Southern-England] Forms: narcos [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kəʊ Etymology: Clipping of narcoleptic.. Etymology templates: {{no deprecated lang param usage|Clipping of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class="Latn mention" lang="en">narcoleptic</i></span>.|lang=}} Clipping of narcoleptic., {{clipping of|en|narcoleptic}} Clipping of narcoleptic. Head templates: {{en-noun}} narco (plural narcos)
  1. (pathology) Someone suffering from narcolepsy Categories (topical): Pathology
    Sense id: en-narco-en-noun-6epwfRWv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 49 9 40 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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