drug deal
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.74 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An illegal business transaction where cash or something else of value is exchanged for illegal drugs, usually conducted in a clandestine manner.
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drug, deal.
Example Sentences
- "A new drug deal of mammoth proportions which has excited the liveliest amount of interest in the wholesale and retail trade in Cincinnati, and throughout the State, has just been consummated."
- "Agrichemical interests, not part of the drug deal, were advised to pursue their own bill,"
- "Several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have denounced the lack of transparency in a multinational HTV/AIDS drug deal for developing countries."
- "There is little downside to the drug deal – the losses involved are profits from potential future sales of patented drugs."
- "After 2004 two deals were brought to market, 2005 has welcomed its first drug deal already in January."
- "The drug deal reached among the countries appeared to be a temporary relief to the developing countries."