crack house
Illicit substance dwelling
A crack house is a building, typically in a poor urban neighborhood, where crack cocaine is sold and smoked.
These locations are often abandoned or run-down structures that serve as gathering spots for drug users and dealers: The police raided a crack house on the corner.
The term emerged in the 1980s during the crack epidemic.
Addictive stimulant narcotic
- dependenceState of needing another
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
- relapseReturn to former illness
detox · craving · habit · users · pipes · freebase · substance · tolerance
Sudden armed incursion
- bustFailure or sculpture
- stingSharp wound from insect
- dealersThose who sell merchandise
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
narcotics · undercover · informant · warrant · surveillance · enforcement · kingpin · cartel
State of ruin
- derelictAbandoned or neglectful
- crumblingBreaking down gradually
- disrepairPoor maintained condition
- blightPlant disease causing decay
abandoned · vacant · condemned · squatter · squalor · graffiti · overgrown · shattered
Likely to cause harm
- hazardSource of potential harm
- violenceHarmful physical force
- weaponsTools for fighting
- volatileLiable to sudden change
toxic · contaminated · needles · risk · menace · threat · unstable · precarious
Extreme poverty, lacking necessities
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
- desperationUtter loss of hope
- impoverishmentState of extreme deprivation
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
hardship · hopelessness · misery · suffering · indigence · urban decay · inner-city · marginalized
cocaine
Addictive stimulant narcotic
- dependenceState of needing another
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
relapse · detox · craving · habit · users · pipes · freebase · substance · tolerance · addictive
raid
Sudden armed incursion
trafficking · narcotics · undercover · informant · warrant · surveillance · enforcement · kingpin · cartel · syndicate
dilapidation
State of ruin
blight · abandoned · vacant · condemned · squatter · squalor · graffiti · overgrown · shattered · peeling
unsafe
Likely to cause harm
volatile · toxic · contaminated · needles · risk · menace · threat · unstable · precarious · exposure
destitution
Extreme poverty, lacking necessities
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
- desperationUtter loss of hope
- impoverishmentState of extreme deprivation
deprivation · hardship · hopelessness · misery · suffering · indigence · urban decay · inner-city · marginalized · disadvantaged
- Dangerous Buildingscondemned building, collapsed building, firetrap, fire trap, abandoned factory
- hellholeshellhole, dungeons, dungeon, dump, dumps
- drug crimesdrug trafficking, drug dealing, drug smuggling, drug conspiracy, narcotics trafficking
- vice densbrothel, opium den, speakeasy, gambling den, den of iniquity
- Crime Scenescrime scene, murder scene, crime lab, evidence room, autopsy room
- slumsslum, slums, shanty, shanties, shack
crack housepharmacy
Medicinal dispensary
rehabilitation center · treatment facility · detox center · sober living home · recovery house
crack housecommunity center
Shared neighborhood gathering space
church · library · school · youth center · family home
crack housemansion
Large, stately home
luxury home · model home · dream house · palace · penthouse
crack, house, cracks, cracked, cracking, cracker, crackers, houses, housed