narc

noun

variants or nark
Definition of narcnext
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Recent Examples of narc On Uncle, fish narc sheds his past experimental impulses and finds a new identity within ebullient, feel-good college rock. — Jeff Yerger, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026 He gets dinged for a pesky OWI, loses his job at CBS, and then gets outed by some nark in Oklahoma. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 But the very act of putting on a wearable—of willingly adorning oneself with a tiny computerized narc—is an act of surrender. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026 The team's 33-15 loss gave it a 2-11 record, which is the worst nark in the NFC. — Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025 The software, which would effectively act like a narc embedded on people’s iPhones, could have unintended consequences, critics said, despite Apple’s assurances that it would be used solely to stop child predators. — Declan Harty, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2021 In that same breath, Kenya Moore explaining to Latoya what a narc was in an insult to Drew was a stunning lack of cognitive dissonance with her behavior over the course of this season. — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2021 And while Jamie would have handled this situation perfectly, Roger straight-up turns Isaiah over like a total narc, gets everyone wasted on whiskey, and a bunch of people ditch his militia as a result. — Mehera Bonner, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Mar. 2020 All staffed by unattractive people in their late twenties, professional narcs with bad skin and waterproof sandals. — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 24 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for narc
  1. tracer
  2. G-man
  3. tracker
  4. detective
  5. tail
Noun
  • With funding from the Alzheimer’s Association, the project adopted a new tracer that, in combination with a PET scan, could measure amyloid burdens.
    — Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Companies processed heavy mineral sands from Australia, Brazil, and India, and hard rock from South Africa, to produce rare earths for tracer ammunition, steel alloys, cigarette-lighter flints, and, later, color-TV phosphors.
    — Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of tracer
Noun
  • Reach uses a crab trap to disarm a G-man brandishing an On the Waterfront–style hook.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Michael Biehn also plays a G-man who keeps tabs on Kammler’s work.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of G-man
Noun
  • After recording the views, a recovery system Barnard called Repris consisted of a streamer to slow its drop and a GPS tracker to help locate the pod after landing.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
  • James was one of the first 100 users of a Whoop health tracker in 2015 and finally signed a deal with the company 11 years later.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of tracker
Noun
  • Several hours later, detectives were notified by medical staff that the man died from his injuries.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The officers replayed bodycam video of their encounter to O'Neill's brother, who told detectives the man in the video was not his brother.
    — Logan Smith, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of detective
Noun
  • Known for their white feathers, black wing and tail tips and bright blue skin around their eyes, Bali mynas are native to a small region of the Indonesian island of Bali.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The elevator controls the up and down pitch of the aircraft and is located in the aircraft’s tail, Chapman said.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of tail

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“Narc.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narc. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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