counterdrug en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English drug English counterdrug From counter- + drug.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Against the trafficking of drugs.
As corruption continued unabated, the United States encouraged the Mexican government to create special counterdrug units within the PGR.
2005, Coletta Youngers, Eileen Rosin, Drugs and Democracy in Latin America: