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narcotics officer

American  
[nahr-kot-iks aw-fuh-ser, ofuh-] / nɑrˈkɒt ɪks ˌɔ fə sər, ˌɒfə- /

noun

  1. a law enforcement officer, often working undercover, who investigates crime related to trafficking or possession of narcotics.


Etymology

Origin of narcotics officer

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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Some of the allegations against the head narcotics officer Eric Sloan eventually drew the scrutiny of state investigators and the FBI.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2022

"After issuing a ticket to a narcotics officer with the Houma Police Department, Petitioner’s supervisors began subjecting all tickets and reports to additional scrutiny," Cavalier wrote in his petition.

From Fox News • Oct. 14, 2021

The miniseries implies that Prince Beasley, the narcotics officer who used Stoeckley as an informant and recognized her from MacDonald’s description of his alleged attackers, somehow convinced Stoeckley that she’d been on the scene.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2020

The narcotics officer stood on a windswept ridge near the Oregon border and surveyed the fields cut into the hills below, a landscape resembling a lost piece of wine country.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2017

Sun Zhongwei, a former narcotics officer turned lawyer, dismissed the suggestion that the dealers were officially tolerated.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2015

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