narc
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) enPR: näk, IPA(key): /nɑːk/
- (US) enPR: närk, IPA(key): /nɑːɹk/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Etymology 1
[edit]Clipping of narcotics (control) officer.
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]narc (plural narcs)
- (informal, colloquial, drugs) A police officer or federal agent assigned to or engaging in illegal narcotics control.
Translations
[edit]narcotics officer
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Etymology 2
[edit]Alternative spelling of nark, influenced by narc (“narcotics officer”).
Noun
[edit]narc (plural narcs)
- (informal, colloquial, drugs) Alternative spelling of nark (“spy”)
Verb
[edit]narc (third-person singular simple present narcs, present participle narcing, simple past and past participle narced)
- (informal, colloquial, drugs) Alternative spelling of nark
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[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Verb
[edit]narc (third-person singular simple present narcs, present participle narcing, simple past and past participle narced)
- (underwater diving, slang) To suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (for example, while scuba diving).
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Etymology 4
[edit]Clipping of narcissist.
Noun
[edit]narc (plural narcs)
- (colloquial, informal) A narcissist.
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Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]narc ? (plural narcs, diminutive narcje n)
- a narcissistic person
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]narc ? (plural narcs, diminutive narcje n)
- a police officer assigned to or engaging in illegal narcotics control
- (Can we date this quote?), Claire Contreras, Omdat je van mij bent, Dutch Venture Publishing, page 220:
- Ik knijp mijn ogen dicht. 'Weet je zeker dat je geen narc bent?' 'Een narc?' Hij lacht, een luidruchtige lach die me van slag brengt. Het verlicht mijn stemming iets. Een soort van. Hij kijkt me aan. 'Nee, ik ben geen federaal agent die drugs opspoort.'
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2019, Don Winslow, De grens, HarperCollins Holland, →ISBN, page 123:
- Of nog erger, je koopt van een narc – agent van de narcotica-afdeling – en wordt gearresteerd, en wat Jacqui echt niet wil, is gearresteerd worden en afkicken in Rikers.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2022, Michael Anderle, Uitdagingen: Frank Kurns # 4, LMBPN Publishing, →ISBN, page 34:
- 'Je hebt een narc meegenomen?' Zijn gezicht was wit van woede. 'Je dacht dat je hier een narcotica agent mee kon brengen? Dat komt je duur te staan, kleine teef.'
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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