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Nark

noun

An informer or spy working for the police. Synonym: copper's nark.

A lawman concerned with narcotics violations. Synonyms: narc, narcotics agent.

verb

Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nettle, rag, rile, vex. "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

Inform or spy (for the police).

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"Nark" Quotes from Famous Books

... another voice took up the conversation, and from the tone of crisp authority, Jack sensed it must be the officer he had asked for speaking. Such, indeed, was the case. Lieutenant Summers was aboard the Nark, directing operations, and, as the radio room was in the chart house of the cutter, he had intervened on hearing his operator mention his own name and that of his colleague, ...

— The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards • Gerald Breckenridge

... voice took up the conversation, and from the tone of crisp authority, Jack sensed it must be the officer he had asked for speaking. Such, indeed, was the case. Lieutenant Summers was aboard the Nark, directing operations, and, as the radio room was in the chart house of the cutter, he had intervened on hearing his operator mention his own name and that ...

— The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards • Gerald Breckenridge