Meaning & use
nark
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A British and Australian informal term for a police informer, especially one who secretly reports on criminal activity.
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The gang suspected there was a nark feeding information to the police.
No one trusted him after word got around that he was a nark.
A note on using this word
As a verb, 'to nark' means to inform on someone, and in Australian slang it can also mean to annoy or irritate a person.
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2. verb
To inform on someone to the authorities, or to annoy someone.
He narked on his friends to avoid a harsher sentence.
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