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MEDELLIN CARTEL
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I. (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)