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narcotrafficante

drug trafficker

noun nar-koh-traf-fee-KAN-teh Rare

Usage Note

Narcotrafficante is a compound of narco- (from Greek narke, numbness) + trafficante (dealer, trafficker). It is a common-gender noun: il/la narcotrafficante. Plural: i/le narcotrafficanti. More formal than narco or spacciatore (street dealer).

Examples

"Il narcotrafficante è stato arrestato."

Natural Translation

The drug trafficker was arrested.

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