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n. - A lawman concerned with drug violations; An informer or spy working for the police v. - Inform or spy (for the police); Cause annoyance in.

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  • "nark" carefully picked to walk on as noiselessly as possible, motioning me to do the same.
  • He was also seen with Old Billy Bootnose, a known nark.
  • Nobody wanted to nark on Dana and have to face him the next day on the bus.
  • Test nark; but even she relented after a while and gave me the information I wanted.
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