l’antidroga
anti-drug
Definition & meaning
Antidroga means anti-drug or anti-narcotics. It describes measures, organizations, or activities intended to prevent illegal drug use or combat drug trafficking.
It can also be used as a noun to refer to an anti-drug police unit or agency.
Grammar & Word origin
Antidroga is an invariable adjective: it has the same form for masculine, feminine, singular, and plural nouns. As a noun, it is usually feminine when referring to an anti-drug unit.
It combines the prefix anti- (“against”) with droga (“drug”).
Synonyms & antonyms
- antinarcotici — “anti-narcotics”; especially common in official or law-enforcement contexts.
- antid stupefacenti — not a standard form; instead, contro gli stupefacenti means “against narcotics” and is a descriptive phrase rather than a single-word synonym.
There is no common direct antonym.
Common phrases & collocations
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Examples
La polizia fa un controllo antidroga.adjective
The police carry out an anti-drug check.
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