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NARC
narc, nark, narcotics agent
(noun) a lawman concerned with narcotics violations
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of "narcotics officer".
Noun
narc (plural narcs)
(slang) A narcotics squad police officer.
Etymology 2
Noun
narc (plural narcs)
(slang) Alternative spelling of nark (spy)
Verb
narc (third-person singular simple present narcs, present participle narcing, simple past and past participle narced)
(slang) Alternative spelling of nark
Etymology 3
Verb
narc (third-person singular simple present narcs, present participle narcing, simple past and past participle narced)
(underwater diving, slang) To suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (for example, while scuba diving).
Etymology 4
Shortening.
Noun
narc (plural narcs)
(informal) A narcissist.
Anagrams
• Carn, Cran, NRCA, cRNA, carn, cran, cran-, crna
Source: Wiktionary
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