How do you use Captagon in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Captagon in a sentence
Captagon meaning
A synthetic stimulant primarily manufactured and used in the Middle East.
Using Captagon
- The main meaning on this page is: A synthetic stimulant primarily manufactured and used in the Middle East.
- In the example corpus, captagon often appears in combinations such as: the captagon, captagon act, of captagon.
Context around Captagon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Captagon
- In this selection, "captagon" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, illicit, rare, shift, act, networks and tap stand out and add context to how "captagon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a rare captagon manufacturing lab and by the captagon act passed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "captagon" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with captagon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Captagon turned Syria into the world's largest narco state. (10 words)
The amphetamines were labeled captagon, the street name for a drug whose chemical base is fenethylline. (16 words)
He is being offered large sums of oil money in exchange for turning off the Captagon tap. (17 words)
While filming with the Jordanian army on their desert border with Syria, we saw how the soldiers had reinforced their fences and learned about their comrades who had been killed in shoot-outs with Captagon smugglers. (36 words)
In June, the Biden administration released its strategy to “disrupt, degrade, and dismantle the illicit captagon networks linked to the Assad regime” as mandated by the “Captagon Act” passed last year. (31 words)
Despite the Syrian government's occasional crackdowns on Captagon, it appears to have more recently become the chief manufacturer of the drug along its border with Lebanon, reports the research organization. (31 words)
Example sentences (11)
In June, the Biden administration released its strategy to “disrupt, degrade, and dismantle the illicit captagon networks linked to the Assad regime” as mandated by the “Captagon Act” passed last year.
Despite the Syrian government's occasional crackdowns on Captagon, it appears to have more recently become the chief manufacturer of the drug along its border with Lebanon, reports the research organization.
He is being offered large sums of oil money in exchange for turning off the Captagon tap.
In mid-July, Iraq's interior ministry announced the discovery of a rare captagon manufacturing lab in the country's south.
It seems, there is practically no one to take action against Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad – the godfather of Captagon trade in today’s world.
But for a taxi driver facing the prospect of another double shift, Captagon can mark the difference between making a rent payment or not.
Captagon is a banned amphetamine-like stimulant that became Syria's largest export during the country's civil war since 2011.
Captagon turned Syria into the world's largest narco state.
In December 2022, US President Joe Biden signed the “Captagon Act,” declaring Syria’s involvement in the drug trade a national security threat.
While filming with the Jordanian army on their desert border with Syria, we saw how the soldiers had reinforced their fences and learned about their comrades who had been killed in shoot-outs with Captagon smugglers.
The amphetamines were labeled captagon, the street name for a drug whose chemical base is fenethylline.
Common combinations with captagon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the captagon 3×
- captagon act 2×
- of captagon 2×