Basuco
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Cocaine paste, especially in the context of its manufacture or consumption in South America. uncountable
"Insidiously, the producers of basuco deliberately created a demand for this vicious product and priced it so that whole new segments of society—the young and the poor—could become drug consumers."
- 2 low-grade cocaine mixed with coca paste and cannabis wordnet
Example
More examples"Insidiously, the producers of basuco deliberately created a demand for this vicious product and priced it so that whole new segments of society—the young and the poor—could become drug consumers."
Etymology
From Colombian Spanish basuco, perhaps related to Spanish bazucar (“to shake violently”) or basura (“waste, trash”), or, alternatively, from English bazooka (“rocket launcher”), presumably because of the drug’s explosive effect. Doublet of bazooka (“crack cocaine”).