Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an area that has been taken over and is controlled and corrupted by drug cartels and where law enforcement is effectively nonexistent;
- Example: "this Mexican town has become a narco-state that ships 100 pounds of cocaine to the United States every day"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
narco-state
n 1: an area that has been taken over and is controlled and
corrupted by drug cartels and where law enforcement is
effectively nonexistent; "this Mexican town has become a
narco-state that ships 100 pounds of cocaine to the United
States every day"