narcotics

English

Etymology

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English narcotic

Old English -as

Middle English -es

English -s

English narcotics

From narcotic + -s.

Noun

narcotics

1. plural of narcotic

Adjective

narcotics (not comparable)

1. (law enforcement, law, politics) Pertaining to illicit drugs, especially psychoactive ones.

Derived terms

• anti-narcotics, antinarcotics
• counter-narcotics, counternarcotics

Anagrams

• caticorns