NARC

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NARC or narc or nark can refer to:-

• The video game NARC
• National Advertising Review Council a US advertising industry body
• The National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) Kenya
• An undercover narcotics officer, or Narc
• The film Narc
• A Party Pooper
• A narc is an Orc-like character in the parody Bored of the Rings
• "NARC" (Non-Automatic Relay Center) is or was a station in a military communications network where teletype operators transferred messages using paper tape.
• "Narc," a song by Interpol from their album Antics
• A narc is (slang) a narcotics squad police officer.
• A Narc (Narcotics) is (slang) a person who notifies authorities of illicit activity, betraying someone in the process.

It has these etymologies:-

1. Short for "narcotic".
2. From Romani nāk = "nose"