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nark

1  [nahrk]
–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.
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Origin:
1860–65; < Romany nāk nose
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nark 2   (närk)   
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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
nark [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.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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narked [nɑrkt]

  1. mod.
    annoyed. (Usually with at or with.) : He's really narked at us.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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