to nark

Examples

• All

• They're straight up, they're straight up fucking narking on you, dude.

• She was worried that her friend might nark on her to the police.

• People who are desperate and threatened will nark you out in a New York second.

  Blog text (13)

• You worried about me narking you out?

  Fiction book (2002)

• Or you nark him up, I'll put you on a witness protection, give you a new ID, I'll ship you out somewhere fucking miles away and you can live your life.

  The Rise & Fall of a White Collar Hooligan (2012)

• His dad is a is a real estate agent and he showed us a couple houses and they narked on Zach so hard.

• I never would have narked about the Slurpee.

  Dangerous Animals (2025)

• Any of us does it and you're gonna puss out and nark for sure.

  The Butterfly Effect (2004)

• Dade, I know how you might feel about narking on your friends, but we're hackers.

  Fiction book (1995)

• He was like that kid in kindergarten who realized everyone already hated him, so he just said, 'F it' and started narking on everyone he could find.

  Blog text (7)

Synonyms

B

to betray

vsto nark

143 4.6

Tell someone's secret to other people

specifies telling police or spying rather than general disclosure of secrets

R

to rat out

vsto nark

• Informal

76 8.6

To tell the police or another authority about someone's bad action, betraying their trust

focuses more on spying for police rather than only telling authorities

R

to rat

vsto nark

• Informal

70 8.8

To betray others by telling secret information about them

is more tied to secret police spying than casual betrayal

I

to inform

vsto nark

41 6.8

To secretly tell the police about someone's illegal actions

adds the idea of spying for police and betraying secrets beyond reporting

S

to snitch

vsto nark

• Slang

36 7.9

To secretly tell the police or a person in charge about someone's bad actions

emphasizes secret telling to authorities with a personal betrayal angle

Compounds

C

copper's nark

• Slang

9.9

A person who secretly tells the police about crimes

Surface Forms

Etymology