drug war

1. 1.

   conflict between law enforcement and those who deal in illegal drugs

   Broaderwar

   law

Questions about drug war

What does drug war mean?

drug war means "conflict between law enforcement and those who deal in illegal drugs".

Is drug war a common word?

drug war is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.