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DRUG WAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does drug war mean?
• DRUG WAR (noun)
The noun DRUG WAR has 1 sense:
1. conflict between law enforcement and those who deal in illegal drugs
Familiarity information: DRUG WAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conflict between law enforcement and those who deal in illegal drugs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("drug war" is a kind of...):
war; warfare (an active struggle between competing entities)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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