nark

Definitions

1. A police spy or informer.
   Ireland, UK, slang
2. An unpleasant person, especially one who makes things difficult for others.
   Australia, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“So I went and laid down on the grass. While laying there I piped a reeler whom I knew. He had a nark (a policeman's spy) with him. So I went and looked about for my two pals, and told them to look⟳ out for F. and his nark.”

“the bystander. […] She thought you was a copper's nark, sir. / the note⟳ taker [with quick interest⟳] Whats a copper's nark? / the bystander [inapt at definition] It's a—well, it's a copper's nark, as you might say⟳. What else would you call⟳ it? A sort⟳ of informer.”

“When we got to the Chief of Police's office a crowd of the most dreadful-looking scoundrels, obviously police narks, informers, and spies of every kind, were hanging about outside the door.”

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