Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A law enforcement officer who deals with narcotics violations.

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  • noun slang A narcotics squad police officer.
  • noun slang Alternative spelling of nark (spy)
  • verb slang Alternative spelling of nark. – to inform authorities of the illicit actions of others that one has knowledge of as an insider
  • verb slang To suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (e.g. while scuba diving).

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  • noun a lawman concerned with narcotics violations

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Short for narcotics agent.]

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Abbreviation of "narcotics officer" (narcotics sense only)

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Examples

  • Maxfield, known nationally as a "narc" among young hackers, said he had underground sources who said Poulsen was rumored to be living alone in a southern California apartment.

    Phrack Issue #32 (Crimson Death Returns) 1990

  • No turning back on this road, I think - we're unlikely to have a straight-arrow 'narc' type president ever again.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • No turning back on this road, I think - we're unlikely to have a straight-arrow 'narc' type president ever again.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Once again this proves it pays to be a "narc" after your caught the first couple times, hell ... use again free, until the police are ready to bust the "big guys".

    The Altoona Mirror 2009

  • Once again this proves it pays to be a "narc" after your caught the first couple times, hell ... use again free, until the police are ready to bust the "big guys".

    The Altoona Mirror 2009

  • It would be like taking the 'narc' out of narcissism.

    digg.com: Stories / Popular 2009

  • "The kid who complained [last year] was then singled out for the rest of last year by fellow teammates as a 'narc' and was punched by other teammates for telling his parent," one of the sources said.

    Buffalo Pundit 2009

  • "The kid who complained [last year] was then singled out for the rest of last year by fellow teammates as a 'narc' and was punched by other teammates for telling his parent," one of the sources said.

    Buffalo Pundit 2009

  • Sure, he is a piggy, but in the sense of being a narc for the piggies yet is still allowed to rat out others.

    Think Progress » Huckabee Compares Gays To Drug Users, Says They’re Unfit To Adopt Kids Because ‘Children Are Not Puppies’ 2010

  • He only had one tool to turn to, and that tool turned the icy professional evil minion Pussy Galore into a total narc in one go.

    Genre Thought: Seduction in RPGs « Geek Related 2009

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