narc

[nahrk]
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-

variant of narco- before a vowel: narcoma.
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narc (nɑːk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
slang (US) a narcotics agent

narco- or (sometimes before a vowel) narc-
 
combining form
1.  indicating numbness or torpor: narcolepsy
2.  connected with or derived from illicit drug production: narcoeconomies
 
[from Greek narkē numbness]
 
narc- or (sometimes before a vowel) narc-
 
combining form
 
[from Greek narkē numbness]

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Word Origin & History

narc
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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Slang Dictionary

nark definition

[nɑrk]
and narc
  1. n.
    a police informer. : Fred is a nark. He squealed.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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narc(o) definition

[ˈnɑrk(o)]
  1. n.
    a narcotic. (See also nark.) : She's been taking narcs.
  2. mod.
    having to do with narcotics. : Does he have a narc problem?
  3. n.
    a federal narcotics agent; any narcotics enforcement officer. : The narcs caught him.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
narc
narcotics agent
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Example sentences
If you narc out another officer you will probably pay for it.
When their connection arrives, he suspects the filmmaker of being a narc and abruptly runs away.
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