narco-state
nounEtymology From narco- + state.
1
A state whose economy depends heavily on narcotics and other drugs.
- With the collapse of the government, there is a real danger the country will become a narco-state.
- During his trial, prosecutors in New York said Hernández ran the Central American country like a "narco-state" and accepted millions of dollars in bribes from drug traffickers to shield them from the law.2025 November 29, Nadine Yousif, “Trump to pardon ex-Honduras president convicted of drug trafficking”, in BBC: