cocaine

[koh-keyn, koh-keyn] / koʊˈkeɪn, ˈkoʊ keɪn /

NOUN

illegal drug

Synonyms

STRONGEST

coke crack dope poison stimulant

STRONG

blow controlled substance flake ice rock snow stardust sugar white

WEAK

freebase happy dust joy powder nose candy speedball white horse white lady

Example Sentences

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Petro told Trump that his government is making record seizures of cocaine and that Colombia has long stood alongside the U.S. to fight traffickers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Seizures of fentanyl at the U.S.-Mexico border have fallen in recent years, while seizures of cocaine have risen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

"With one law, we can protect Generation Alpha from being sucked into purgatory by the predatory algorithms described by the man who created the feature as behavioural cocaine," Wells said.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

Venezuela is not a major producer of fentanyl or cocaine.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2025

Jimmie Reeves and Richard Campbell show in their research how the media imagery surrounding cocaine changed as the practice of smoking cocaine came to be associated with poor blacks.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander