narcn.
/nɑːk/, U.S. /nɑrk/ slang (chiefly North American).
A police agent or investigator concerned with narcotics. Cf. narco n. 3.
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society > law > law enforcement > investigation of crime > [noun] > detective > American > specific
narco1960
narc1966
1966 T. Leary Politics of Ecstasy xv. 230 The narcotics bureau of the Treasury Department wanted to keep all drugs illegal, to..add thousands of T-men, G-men, and narks to the payroll.
1970 E. Tidyman Shaft (1971) iv. 50 The police didn't frighten him. The Narcs didn't frighten him.
1985 N. Pileggi Wiseguy 217 Most wiseguys the narks had followed always remained within their own ranks.
1989 Spin Oct. 41/3 He went back..to try again to score, but the area was still filled with narcs.
1994 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 22 Dec. a21/2 There is just that chance that a lurking narc would spot him paying cash for..marijuana.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1966- put the kibosh on
- put the knowledge of
- put the last hand to
- put the lid on
- put the lug on
- put the maginnis on
- put the make on
- put the miller's eye out
- put the mock on
- put the mocker on
- put the mockers on
- put the move on
- put the move on a person
- put the moves on
- put the moves on a person
- put the mozz on
- put the mug on
- put the mug on someone
- put the muscle on
- put the nips in
- put the nips into
- put the nut in
- put the nut on
- put the pedal to the metal
- put the phone down