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Meaning of "drug-running" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DRUG-RUNNING

drug-running  [ˈdrʌɡˌrʌnɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRUG-RUNNING

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Drug-Running is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DRUG-RUNNING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Illegal drug trade

The Illegal drug trade is a global black market dedicated to the cultivation, manufacturing, distribution and sale of drugs that are subject to drug prohibition laws. Most jurisdictions prohibit trade, except under license, of many types of drugs through the use of drug prohibition laws. A UN report said, "the global drug trade generated an estimated US $321.6 billion in 2003." With a world GDP of US$36 trillion in the same year, the illegal drug trade may be estimated as nearly 1% of total global trade. Consumption of illegal drugs is widespread globally.

Definition of drug-running in the English dictionary

The definition of drug-running in the dictionary is the activity of illegally takes recreational drugs into a country.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DRUG-RUNNING


baserunning
ˈbeɪsˌrʌnɪŋ
cunning
ˈkʌnɪŋ
frontrunning
ˈfrʌntˌrʌnɪŋ
funning
ˈfʌnɪŋ
gunning
ˈɡʌnɪŋ
gunrunning
ˈɡʌnˌrʌnɪŋ
long-running
ˌlɒŋˈrʌnɪŋ
punning
ˈpʌnɪŋ
rum-running
ˈrʌmˌrʌnɪŋ
running
ˈrʌnɪŋ
shunning
ˈʃʌnɪŋ
smooth-running
ˌsmuːðˈrʌnɪŋ
stunning
ˈstʌnɪŋ
underrunning
ˈʌndəˌrʌnɪŋ
wonning
ˈwʌnɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRUG-RUNNING

drug runner
drug smuggler
drug squad
drug test
drug trafficker
drug trafficking
drug tsar
drug-driver
drug-driving
drug-induced
drug-taker
drug-taking
drugged
drugger
drugget
druggie
drugging
druggist
druggist´s
druggy

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRUG-RUNNING

award-winning
banning
canning
caravanning
cleaning
dinning
family planning
fanning
free-running
inning
Manning
pinning
planning
scanning
spanning
spinning
tanning
thinning
tunning
up and running
winning

Synonyms and antonyms of drug-running in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «drug-running» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRUG-RUNNING

Find out the translation of drug-running to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drug-running from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drug-running» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

药物运行
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

drogas -running
570 millions of speakers

English

drug-running
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दवा चल रहा है
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المخدرات التوالي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Препарат - бег
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

droga -running
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাদক চলমান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

drogue fonctionnement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ubat-ubatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Drug-Ausführung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

薬剤ランニング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

약물 실행
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Obat-obah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuốc chạy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மருந்து நடத்துவதை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ड्रग-रनिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uyuşturucu koşu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

farmaco - running
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Bieg narkotyków
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Препарат -бег
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de droguri - funcționare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ναρκωτικά λειτουργία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dwelm -loop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

narkotika löpning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

medikament -kjører
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drug-running

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRUG-RUNNING»

The term «drug-running» is normally little used and occupies the 110.131 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRUG-RUNNING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drug-running

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QUOTES WITH «DRUG-RUNNING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word drug-running.
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Ed Royce
The Unites States used to use law enforcement to aggressively target North Korea illicit activities - counterfeiting U.S. currency, drug-running, counterfeit cigarettes and pharmaceuticals - until diplomacy gutted those efforts. The effort should be reinvigorated.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRUG-RUNNING»

Discover the use of drug-running in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drug-running and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Buried secrets: a true story of serial murder, black magic, ...
Describes the disappearance and brutal murder of a young American college student, Mark Kilroy, in Matamoros, Mexico, and the bizarre, drug-running cult responsible
Edward Humes, 1991
2
In the Forests of the Night: Encounters in Peru: With ...
The author recounts his experiences traveling among the Ashaninaca tribe in the Brazilian rainforest, and documenting the political violence in Peru
John Simpson, 1993
3
New York Magazine
At about the same time, the U.S. ambassador to Panama — Everett E. Briggs — sent furious cables home about Noriega's probable drug-running. In the aftermath of all this, Noriega was summoned to Washington for a meeting with Casey on ...
4
Drugging America: A Trojan Horse
““George Bush is Up to His Neck in Illegal Drug Running.”” Numerous CIA operatives, including Phillip Agee who worked as a CIA agent for many years, have written about the various criminal activities of the CIA. An Associated Press article ...
Rodney Stich, 2007
5
Drug Politics: Dirty Money and Democracies
Rachel Ehrenfeld reported in the early '90s that One unintended consequence of Bahamian cooperation has been the development of alternative drug-running routes. In recent years Colombian drug traffickers have shifted their air routes from ...
David C. Jordan, 1999
6
Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs, and the Press
The Post also contacted Jack Lawn, head of the DBA at the time, who said that, yes, he had talked to North several times in 1985 and 1986, but "Ollie did not provide any intelligence to me" about Contra drug running. Similar statements came ...
Alexander Cockburn, 1998
7
Illegals: The Imminent Threat Posed by Our Unsecured ...
12. Jerry Seper,“Border war: Mexican police join drug lords,” Washington Times, 25 September 2002. 13. Terrence P. Jeffrey,“Mexican military drug-running at border?” Human Events,1 July 2002. 14. Jeffrey,“Mexican military drug-running at  ...
Jon Dougherty, 2004
8
The Politics of Cocaine: How U. S. Foreign Policy Has ...
Marvin Alisky, “U.S. Mustn't Fall for Castro's Sudden Concern for Drug Smuggling ,” 7 July 1989. Arturo Cruz, “Anatomy of an Execution,” Commentary, November 1989, 54. Bretton G. Sciaroni, “Castro Deeply Involved in Drug Running,” Human  ...
William L. Marcy, 2010
9
The Changing Nature of War
Intuitively, one knows that illegal drug running always is occasioned by some increase in the level of violence. That leaves one to wonder if the U.S. government is intentionally downplaying any increase in domestic violence attributable to ...
Kristen Boon, 2012
10
Drug Crazy: How We Got into This Mess and How We Can Get Out
145-47; Warren Fiske, "North's Notes Suggest He Knew of Drug-Running by Contras," Knight-Ridder Tribune News ... that indicate knowledge of possible drug-running into the United States while directing the White House's covert effort to arm ...
Mike Gray, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRUG-RUNNING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drug-running is used in the context of the following news items.
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US Lost in Afghanistan, But Did Manage to Make Afghanistan the …
... suppressing the story of CIA drug-running endeavors, with the mainstream US press shamelessly and dutifullly attacking Webb for attempting ... «ThisCantBeHappening!, Jul 15»
2
Donald Trump Immigration Defense: Conservatives Rally Around …
While the stereotype of immigrants is that of predatory drug-running gangsters, Sanchez may have simply been a mess. He claimed to have ... «Latin Times, Jul 15»
3
The Secret Republican Plan to Destroy Donald Trump
Nominating a man who runs beauty pageants and refers to Mexican immigrants as drug-running rapists would not help their party reach across ... «Pacific Standard, Jul 15»
4
Audrey Marks's drugs temptation
"Times are difficult and you may be approached, but getting involved in any form of illegality -- stealing, scamming, drug-running, gun-running ... «Jamaica Observer, Jul 15»
5
Crime blitzed in Four Corners crackdown
... comes amid fears vulnerable children and teenagers gathering at the Four Corners may be lured into prostitution and drug-running. «Glasgow Evening Times, Jul 15»
6
Trump has GOP defenders despite racially charged rhetoric
As for Trump's assumptions about these immigrants being drug-running rapists, Lowry didn't dwell on these details while praising the ... «MSNBC, Jul 15»
7
Colombian Army killed innocent civilians to boost rebel body count
... U.S.-backed Colombian security forces engaged in 'death squad tactics,' cooperated with drug-running paramilitary groups, and encouraged ... «People's World, Jul 15»
8
After prison escape, Dannemora gets new leadership, tighter security
In addition, the FBI is reportedly looking at possible drug-running activity at the Dannemora facility. Matt and Sweat escaped by using hacksaws ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
9
Drug-running Nigerian sets record for the most gripes about Irish …
FAILED drug smuggler Kingsley Edward has set a record for making the most complaints against jail staff while serving his three-year sentence ... «Sunday World, Jun 15»
10
Coast Guard lowers hammer on drug-running on high seas
When the cutter Vigilant docked at the Coast Guard base in Miami Beach on June 12, its crew offloaded bales of marijuana and packets of ... «Miami Herald, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Drug-Running [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/drug-running>. Apr 2024 ».
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