Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun narco-state

1 sense of narco-state

Sense 1
narco-state -- (an area that has been taken over and is controlled and corrupted by drug cartels and where law enforcement is effectively nonexistent; "this Mexican town has become a narco-state that ships 100 pounds of cocaine to the United States every day")
       => geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region -- (a demarcated area of the Earth)