crack den
noun [ C ] informal uk/ˈkræk ˌden/ us/ˈkræk ˌden/
可卡因窝点，毒品窝点
a house or other building where crack (= a form of the illegal drug cocaine that can be smoked) is sold, bought, and used
He was eventually arrested when police found him running a crack den in Acton. 他最后被逮捕了，警察发现他在阿克顿经营一个毒品窝点。
Synonym: crack house
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- An unarmed man has been shot and injured by police in a raid on a crack den.
- As gentrification creeps in, middle-class settlers are fixing up 19th-century town houses that were once rooming houses, crack dens or mere shells.
- In an attempt to stamp out gun crime police will concentrate on closing down crack dens, which are linked to the use of firearms.
- Cocaine has moved from crack dens on inner-city estates to middle-class dinner parties.