MEDELLIN CARTEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Medellin cartel mean? 

• MEDELLIN CARTEL (noun)
  The noun MEDELLIN CARTEL has 1 sense:

1. a drug cartel in Colombia; controlled the production of cocaine from the 1970s until 1993 when the leader was killed

  Familiarity information: MEDELLIN CARTEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEDELLIN CARTEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A drug cartel in Colombia; controlled the production of cocaine from the 1970s until 1993 when the leader was killed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Instance hypernyms:

drug cartel (an illicit cartel formed to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugs)

Domain region:

Colombia; Republic of Colombia (a republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simon Bolivar; Spanish is the official language)