CALI CARTEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cali cartel mean? 

• CALI CARTEL (noun)
  The noun CALI CARTEL has 1 sense:

1. a drug cartel that seized control of cocaine production in Colombia in 1993; adopted techniques used by terrorist organizations (small cells and sophisticated communications equipment and close ties with politicians etc.)

  Familiarity information: CALI CARTEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALI CARTEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A drug cartel that seized control of cocaine production in Colombia in 1993; adopted techniques used by terrorist organizations (small cells and sophisticated communications equipment and close ties with politicians etc.)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Instance hypernyms:

drug cartel (an illicit cartel formed to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugs)

Domain region:

Colombia; Republic of Colombia (a republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simon Bolivar; Spanish is the official language)