Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An informer, especially a police informer.
- intransitive verb To be an informer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun slang A law enforcement agent specializing in narcotics law violations.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US, slang A narcotics law enforcement officer.
- noun UK, slang A
police spy orinformer . - verb transitive, slang To
annoy orirritate . - verb transitive, slang, often imperative To
stop . - verb intransitive, slang To
serve orbehave as a spy or informer. - verb intransitive, slang To
complain .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb inform or spy (for the police)
- noun an informer or spy working for the police
- noun a lawman concerned with narcotics violations
- verb cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I looked out of the spy window in the back of the cab and saw my "nark" standing staring in the middle of the road.
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Had Johnson been a "nark" of the police he would soon have been exposed, but as he dealt with cases which never came directly into the courts, his activities were never realized by his companions.
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Had Johnson been a "nark" of the police he would soon have been exposed, but as he dealt with cases which never came directly into the courts, his activities were never realized by his companions.
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Had Johnson been a "nark" of the police he would soon have been exposed, but as he dealt with cases which never came directly into the courts, his activities were never realized by his companions.
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Had Johnson been a "nark" of the police he would soon have been exposed, but as he dealt with cases which never came directly into the courts, his activities were never realized by his companions.
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He had risen very rapidly, but from very dirty beginnings; being first a "nark" or informer, and then a money-lender: but as solicitor to the Eyres he had the sense, as I say, to keep technically straight until he was ready to deal the final blow.
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A 'nark' is an informer, a spy among criminals who sells the police whatever information he can scrape up.
The Red Triangle Being Some Further Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, Investigator
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"The fear of being labelled a 'nark' … can stop prisoners from speaking up with that information."
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A screaming match erupted in the Hamilton District Court yesterday as a man who went on a pokie-machine burglary spree in New Plymouth early this year was labelled a "nark".
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A screaming match erupted in the Hamilton District Court yesterday as a man who went on a pokie-machine burglary spree in New Plymouth early this year was labelled a "nark".
likeflannel commented on the word nark
should this be with a q, c, or k?
i've read that it could be with any, but what is preferred?
September 18, 2009