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Nark

verb

Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nettle, rag, rile, vex. "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

Inform or spy (for the police).

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"Nark" Quotes from Famous Books

... over the way; Limpet had disappeared for the time being. The inspector at once noticed my presence, and, calling to a corner-boy lounging at the public-house door, he spoke to him, pointing me out, and this "copper's nark" followed doggedly in my steps. Yoski lived in a turning off the Mile-End Road, but anxious to give no inkling as to my destination, I turned in the opposite direction, and after a lengthy detour stopped at my own door. I stayed indoors nearly an hour, hoping that my attendant's ...

— A Girl Among the Anarchists • Isabel Meredith

Words linked to "Nark" : molest, grate, law officer, chevy, UK, harass, blabber, eat into, rankle, Britain, inform, lawman, get, displease, harry, peace officer, beset, provoke, vex, peeve, chevvy, rat, United Kingdom, chivy, irritate, get under one's skin, copper's nark, betrayer, antagonize, plague, hassle, Great Britain, ruffle, nettle, fret, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, squealer, narc, bother, antagonise, chivvy, informer, U.K.