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{
"term": "narcotic",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a powerful illegal drug that affects the mind in a harmful way. Heroin and cocaine are narcotics.",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a narcotics agent *(= a police officer investigating the illegal trade in drugs)*"
},
{
"text": "He has been arrested for trading in narcotics."
},
{
"text": "Narcotics trafficking represents 30 to 50 per cent of organized crime's take."
},
{
"text": "The main reason people abuse illegal narcotics is so they may ‘escape’ from their harsh, cruel reality."
}
],
"topics": ["Social issues"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["mild", "powerful", "addictive"],
"verb + narcotic": ["use"],
"narcotics + noun": ["agent", "detective", "officer"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a substance that relaxes you, reduces pain or makes you sleep",
"labels": "(medical)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a mild narcotic"
}
],
"topics": ["Healthcare"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["mild", "powerful", "addictive"],
"verb + narcotic": ["use"],
"narcotics + noun": ["agent", "detective", "officer"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/nɑːˈkɒtɪk/",
"audio": "na/narcotic/narcotic__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/nɑːrˈkɑːtɪk/",
"audio": "na/narcotic/narcotic__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French narcotique, via medieval Latin from Greek narkōtikos, from narkoun ‘make numb’."
}