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Narco vs Narc - What's the difference?

narco | narc |

As nouns the difference between narco and narc

is that narco is narcotics while narc is a narcotics squad police officer.

As a verb narc is

an alternative spelling of lang=en.

narco

English

Etymology 1

From (narcotic).

Noun

(en noun)
  • Narcotics.
  • * 1971 , Robert Deane Pharr, SRO :
    • Margo sighed her contentment. ‘Selling narco in Harlem is the life. There's nothing finer.’
  • * 2002 , Jeanette Windle, The DMZ :
    • Colonel Thornton had the deepest admiration for the Colombians at all levels of society who had made a stand against corruption and narco -dealing, often at the cost of their own lives.
  • A South American drug baron.
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  • A police officer specializing in drug crimes
    • Related terms
    *knocko, another term for a narcotics agent

    Etymology 2

    From (narcolepsy).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone suffering from narcolepsy
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    • Anagrams

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    narc

    English

    (wikipedia narc)

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviation of "narcotics officer".

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A narcotics squad police officer.

    • Etymology 2

    Alternate spelling of .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) (spy)

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang)
    • “If you narc on me, I’ll rip your arms off”, said Tim to his little brother, as he passed him a cigarette.

    See also

    * stool pigeon

    Etymology 3

    Short for "narcosis", etymologically related to the first etymology (from "narcotics officer") but instead referring to the medical condition of nitrogen narcosis rather than to narcotics.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) To suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (e.g. while scuba diving).

    • Anagrams

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