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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Dominated or plagued by illicit drugs.

   "The country's overcrowded and drug-ridden prisons will be reviewed by an independent board of inquiry."

Example

More examples

"The country's overcrowded and drug-ridden prisons will be reviewed by an independent board of inquiry."

Etymology

From drug + -ridden.

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