Synonyms for nark
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nahrk |
| Phonetic Transcription : nɑrk |
Top 10 synonyms for nark
- agent provocateur
- allurement
- analyst
- attraction
- backstabber
- beard
- Benedict Arnold
- betrayer
- bigmouth
- bird dog
- blab
- blabber
- blabbermouth
- blind
- bloodhound
- blow off
- booster
- bull
- busybody
- camouflage
- canary
- catch
- chicane
- chicanery
- come-on
- constable
- cop
- crier
- deceiver
- deception
- decoy
- deep throat
- dick
- double-crosser
- drawing card
- eavesdropper
- ensnarement
- enticement
- eye
- facade
- fake
- fat mouth
- fed
- finger
- fink
- flatfoot
- fork tongue
- front
- gasser
- gossip
- gumshoe
- herald
- imitation
- inducement
- informant
- informer
- interviewer
- inveiglement
- journalist
- lure
- messenger
- narc
- nark
- newsman
- notifier
- P. I.
- peacher
- peeper
- plainclothes officer
- plant
- police informer
- polly
- preacher
- pretense
- propagandist
- quidnunc
- rat
- rat fink
- ratfink
- roper
- rumormonger
- scab
- scandalmonger
- scout
- seducement
- sergeant
- shadow
- shamus
- Sherlock Holmes
- shill
- shoofly
- singer
- sitting duck
- sleazemonger
- slewfoot
- snake
- snare
- sneak
- snitch
- snitcher
- snoop
- songbird
- source
- spy
- squeaker
- squealer
- stick
- stool pigeon
- stoolie
- tabby
- tail
- talebearer
- taleteller
- tattler
- tattletale
- telltale
- temptation
- tipster
- traitor
- trick
- trickery
- troublemaker
- turncoat
- weasel
- whistle-blower
- whistleblower
- whistler
- windbag
Définition of nark
Origin :- 1859, "to act as a police informer" (v.); 1860, "police informer" (n.), probably from Romany nak "nose," from Hindi nak, from Sanskrit nakra, which probably is related to Sanskrit nasa "nose" (see nose (n.)). Sense and spelling tending to merge with etymologically unrelated narc (q.v.).
- As in snitch : noun informer
- As in stool pigeon : noun informer to police
- As in weasel : noun sneak
- As in betrayer : noun informer
- As in informer : noun reporter
- As in tattletale : noun gossip
- As in informant : noun informer
- As in decoy : noun bait, trap
- As in detective : noun investigator of crime
- As in fink : noun informer
- The searchlight from the Nark was playing full upon the scene.
- Extract from : « The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards » by Gerald Breckenridge
- A hail came from Jackson, second in command of the Nark, at once.
- Extract from : « The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards » by Gerald Breckenridge
- It was the sole commandment that ran there:—'Thou shalt not nark.'
- Extract from : « A Child of the Jago » by Arthur Morrison
- "Nark (p. 091) the doin's, nark it," he cried and fired his rifle.
- Extract from : « The Red Horizon » by Patrick MacGill
- He resolved to depart from his evil ways and to become a nark—a copper's nark—which is a police spy, or informer.
- Extract from : « Tales of Mean Streets » by Arthur Morrison
- NARK, a person in the pay of the police; a common informer; one who gets his living by laying traps for publicans, &c.
- Extract from : « A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words » by A London Antiquary
- That the "nark," with his mean tricks, is a nuisance to wandering beggars is seen in a very short time.
- Extract from : « Beggars » by W. H. (William Henry) Davies
- By the way, the sight of a pepper-box in a lodging-house kitchen is always a sure sign that the man behind it is a "nark."
- Extract from : « Beggars » by W. H. (William Henry) Davies
- All true wanderers hate him; even the drunken, domineering grinder is treated with civility in a house where beggars see a "nark."
- Extract from : « Beggars » by W. H. (William Henry) Davies
- Another "nark" was a drunken drover, who left a saucepan on the fire while he went out for a drink.
- Extract from : « Beggars » by W. H. (William Henry) Davies
Antonyms for nark
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