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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
narc       [nahrk] Pronunciation Key
–noun Slang.
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
Also, nark.


[Origin: 1965–70, Americanism; shortening of narcotic]
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narc or nark       (närk)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Slang
A law enforcement officer who deals with narcotics violations.


[Short for narcotics agent.]

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narc  (n.)
1967, Amer.Eng. slang, shortened form of narcotics agent (earlier narco). Had been used 1955 for narcotics hospital, 1958 for narcotics addict. Sense and spelling tending to merge with older but unrelated nark (q.v.).

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narc

noun
a lawman concerned with narcotics violations 

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