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Noun: nark  naa(r)k
Usage: informal
  1. [Brit, slang] An informer or spy working for the police
    "The copper's nark provided crucial information that led to the arrest";
    - copper's nark [Brit, slang]
     
  2. [N. Amer, informal] A lawman concerned with narcotics violations
    "The undercover nark infiltrated the drug ring";
    - narc [N. Amer, informal], narcotics agent, narco [N. Amer, informal]
Verb: nark  naa(r)k
Usage: Brit, slang
  1. Cause annoyance, especially by persistent minor irritations
    "His constant interruptions nark the entire team";
    - annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at [informal], irritate, rile, nettle, gravel [US], vex, chafe [archaic], devil, tick off [informal], roil [N. Amer]
     
  2. Inform or spy (for the police)
    "The undercover agent narked on the drug dealers"

Sounds like: naps, knaps, napnark

Derived forms: narking, narks, narked

Type of: betrayer, blabber [informal], displease, inform, informer, law officer, peace officer, rat [informal], squealer

Encyclopedia: Nark, Iran