narc

or nark

[ nahrk ]
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nounSlang.
verb (used without object),narced [nahrkt], /nɑrkt/, narc·ing [nahr-king]. /ˈnɑr kɪŋ/. Slang.
  1. to inform on someone to the police or a narcotics officer for possession, sale, etc., of illicit drugs (usually used with on): It figures he’d narc on me to the cops as soon as he saw my stash.Who narced?

  2. to inform on someone to an authority (usually used with on): I've narced on drivers I see throwing litter out their windows.

Verb Phrasespast and past participle narced [nahrkt], /nɑrkt/, present participle narc·ing [nahr-king]. /ˈnɑr kɪŋ/.
  1. narc out, Slang. to inform on: A few kids were narced out as drug dealers and got expelled from school.Won’t the neighbors narc you out to the authorities for keeping chickens?

Origin of narc

1
An Americanism dating back to 1965–70; shortening of narcotic

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Other definitions for narc- (2 of 2)

narc-

  1. variant of narco- before a vowel: narcoma.

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British Dictionary definitions for narc

narc

/ (nɑːk) /


noun
  1. US slang a narcotics agent

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