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drug lord

[ druhg lawrd ]

noun

  1. the head of an organization or network involved in illegal drug trafficking.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of drug lord1

First recorded in 1970–75
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Example Sentences

On the other end is “El Mal,” a driving condemnation of the terrible people — murderers, corrupt politicians — contributing to the onetime drug lord’s charity aiming to locate the remains of cartel victims.

“When people have killed and murdered, when drug lords have destroyed countries, and now they’re going to go back to those countries because they’re not staying here,” he said.

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“It’s not. Really, we have no choice when people have killed and murdered, when drug lords have destroyed countries. And now they’re going to go back to those countries because they’re not staying here.”

"When people have killed and murdered, when drug lords have destroyed countries, and now they’re going to go back to those countries because they’re not staying here. There is no price tag."

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Police said many of their victims, who they claimed were drug lords or peddlers, were often killed in "self defence" during shoot-outs.

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