nark

[US]/nɑːk/
[UK]/nɑrk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. informer; act as a spy

vt. inform on; act as an informer
Word Forms
Pluralnarks
Third Person Singularnarks
Past Participlenarked
Past Tensenarked
Present Participlenarking

Phrases & Collocations

nark on someone

Example Sentences

1.The nark is narking.

A nark cant keep something in dark.

I was narked at being pushed around.

Real-world Examples

As soon as Ronnie Vallance came across the story-it was leaked to one of his narks in Soho, to one of his 'Ghost Squad' as he chooses to call it-he went straight off to the Treasury.

Source: 007 Series: Diamonds Are Forever (Part 1)

Had Johnson been a " nark" of the police he would soon have been exposed, but as he dealt with cases which never came directly into the courts, his activities were never realised by his companions.

Source: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: New Cases (Volume 1)

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