How to Use narco in a Sentence

narco

noun
  • That is why the narco house matters.
    — Anna Lello-Smith, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
  • There have been cases of narco submarines found with a crew of dead bodies.
    — Simon Owen , Greg Palkot, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025
  • All of these people are narcos, somehow connected to the drug world.
    — Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Three male narco-terrorists were aboard the vessel during the third strike.
    — Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Viral footage showed soldiers and narcos chatting amiably in the streets.
    — The Economist, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Let these charges send a clear message to all officials around the globe who work with narco-traffickers.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Three male narco-terrorists were killed during this action.
    — Anders Hagstrom , Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • With the proliferation of drugs has come a new narco culture.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The two were taken out of the country and sent to New York to face narco-trafficking charges.
    — Paul Burton, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Such vessels are called narco submarines, semi-submersible craft used to ship narcotics across sea waters.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
  • This had nothing to do with a narco-terrorist, drug cartels or corruption.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • But in recent years, officials have noticed that some of the women in the narco world now control the money.
    — Malcolm Beith, Newsweek, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Maduro was seized with a federal arrest warrant based on narco-trafficking charges.
    — Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Maduro is one of the world's largest narco-traffickers and a threat to national security.
    — John Feng sonam Sheth gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The United States can track and hunt cells and narco-terrorists better than any country in the world.
    — Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The United States can track and hunt cells and narco-terrorists better than any country in the world.
    — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
  • It’s known as narco-mineria, according to Collins.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 22 Nov. 2025
  • How did a small town Canadian boy allegedly become a narco kingpin?
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Petro attacks Trump while protecting narcos and engaging in the drug business.
    — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Oseguera Cervantes was the leader of one of the largest narco-terrorist cartels in the country.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Three narco-terrorists were killed during the operation, the joint command said.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Trump himself kept talking not about anti-Communism or narco-trafficking but about oil.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Alfredo told Zune, insinuating that she might even be involved with the narcos.
    — Rachel Nolan, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
  • Many keep close watch on narco corridos, or drug ballads, which chronicle cartel politics.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
  • People try to avoid going out after dark, and in a city where everything is touched by narco dollars, the economy is collapsing.
    — Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Then the Opium Wars were fought to preserve the right to have narco sales, leading to the conquest of Hong Kong.
    — Abhishyant Kidangoor/ Hong Kong, Time, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Officials said the one million pounds of cocaine does not include the strikes on Venezuelan narco-terrorists.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In 2023, a narco sub with two dead bodies and nearly 3 tons of cocaine aboard was seized off the coast of Colombia.
    — CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Four male narco-terrorists were killed, according to the Department of War.
    — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
  • These narco-terrorists have killed more Americans than Al-Qaeda, and they will be treated the same.
    — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025

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