What does this word mean?

Question

I have heard this word often...what do they mean?

Narc (sometimes spelled with a 'K' instead of a 'C')

Answer 1

A narc, also spelled nark, (a contraction of "narcotic agent") is a term for a narcotics agent or police informant who provides information to the police about drug offenders. It's often used to refer to undercover agents, rather than police officers. Some drug offenders, once caught, turn into informants as part of an agreement with the police to avoid charges. A famous example of this in film is the "Abracadabra" scene in Half Baked. Another police technique is to use an attractive agent as part of a honey trap sting operation.

Narc can also refer to an informant, usually a police informant, and does not necessarily have to be related to narcotics.

One urban legend states that the best way to tell if a person is a narc is to offer them use of drugs and see if they accept. However, narcs are allowed to ingest small quantities of drugs in the course of their duties. The SJC has ruled that undercover officers may, in the performance of their duties, use drugs. This narc-identification method has failed several times on well-publicized COPS episodes.

In the third season of 24, it is implied that Jack Bauer served as a narc to bring down drug lord Ramon Salazar.

In everyday life, it's basically, someone who tells on someone else.

Answer 2

NARC or narc or nark can refer to:-

The video game NARC
National Advertising Review Council a US advertising industry body
The National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) Kenya
An undercover narcotics officer, or Narc
The film Narc
A Party Pooper
A narc is an Orc-like character in the parody Bored of the Rings
Narc is a song by the band Interpol
A narc is (slang) a narcotics squad police officer.
A nark is (slang) a person who notifies authorities of illicit activity, betraying someone in the process.
It has these etymologies:-

Short for "narcotic".
From Romani nāk = "nose"

Answer 3

It's short for "Narcotics Officer"

It also implies someone who tattles on their fellow outlaws.

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


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[Short for narcotics agent.]

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

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nark2 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (närk) Chiefly British Slang
n.
An informer, especially a police informer. "

Answer 4

Narc - short for narcotics

narc - slang for someone who tells on you

I'm sure there are other meanings, but this would prob. be the most common

Answer 5

It's short for "Narcotics officer", from when the police went undercover to bust drug rings from the inside.

It now refers to a tattletale, especially if someone's fun has been spoiled. It's also a verb ("to narc") meaning to "tell on" someone.

Answer 6

Narc is short for "narcotics officer", a police officer concerned with appprehending drug dealers.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Generally refers to 2 things in modern english.
Narc can mean Narcotics Officer (usually a deep under cover police officer sent in to infiltrate a drug network) but also meaning any officer assigned to reducing the influx of drugs.

Nark can mean something like "snitch" as in
"I would have gotten away with the bank robbery but one of my partners got arrested and he narked on me"

Answer 9

Snitch

Answer 10

a snitch in general,it originated in the drug culture to mean an undercover cop who was trying to find illegal drug activity.the meaning has come to be slang for a person that will" tell on you"