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–noun

1.	British Slang. a stool pigeon or informer.

2.	Chiefly Australian Slang. an annoying person.

–verb (used without object)

3.	British Slang. to act as a police informer or stool pigeon.

4.	Chiefly Australian Slang. to become annoyed.

[Origin: 1860–65; < Romany nāk nose

]

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–noun

narc.

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narc or nark Audio Help (närk) Pronunciation Key
n. Slang
A law enforcement officer who deals with narcotics violations.

[Short for narcotics agent.]

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nark¹ Audio Help (närk) Pronunciation Key
n. Slang
Variant of narc.

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nark² Audio Help   (närk) Pronunciation Key
n.   An informer, especially a police informer.

intr.v.   narked, nark·ing, narks
To be an informer.

[Perhaps from Romany nāk, nose; see nas- in Indo-European roots.]

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nark

1859, "to act as a police informer" (v.); 1860, "police informer" (n.), probably from Romany nak "nose," from Hindi nak, from Skt. nakra, which probably is related to Skt. nasa "nose" (see nose). Sense and spelling tending to merge with unrelated narc (q.v.).

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nark
noun
1.	an informer or spy working for the police
2.	a lawman concerned with narcotics violations [syn: narc]
verb
1.	cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
2.	inform or spy (for the police)