drug lords
Narcotics trafficking chiefs
A drug lord is someone who controls a large illegal drug trafficking operation.
The term implies power, wealth, and often violence—a figure at the top of a criminal hierarchy who oversees production, distribution, and enforcement.
The cartel's drug lord lived in a fortified compound.
The plural drug lords may refer to multiple such figures or to the phenomenon collectively.
- cartelsCollusive business alliances
- kingpinCriminal organization's leader
- cartel bossCriminal syndicate leader
- ringleaderChief organizer of wrongdoing
- organized crimeStructured illegal enterprise
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- Drug Tradecartels, trafficking routes, transit zones, Golden Triangle, Colombia
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- Traffickingtrafficking, trafficker, smuggling, human trafficking, sex trafficking
- criminalsmurderer, thief, burglar, criminal, killer
- smugglingcontraband, smugglers, human smuggling, smuggling rings, people smuggling
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Urban youth who congregate
drug mules · runners · lookouts · foot soldiers · drug runners
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Upholding legal codes
federal prosecutors · federal agents · undercover cops · FBI agents · customs officers
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Those directing local groups
addiction counselors · philanthropists · humanitarian workers · social workers · civic leaders
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