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Noun
S:
(n)
nark
,
copper's nark
(an informer or spy working for the police)
S:
(n)
narc
,
nark
,
narcotics agent
(a lawman concerned with narcotics violations)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(n)
lawman
,
law officer
,
peace officer
(an officer of the law)
S:
(n)
attorney general
(the chief law officer of a country or state)
S:
(n)
border patrolman
(someone who patrols the borders of a country)
S:
(n)
constable
(a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff)
S:
(n)
deputy
,
deputy sheriff
(someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies)
S:
(n)
flatfoot
,
patrolman
(a policeman who patrols a given region)
S:
(n)
prison guard
,
jailer
,
jailor
,
gaoler
,
screw
,
turnkey
(someone who guards prisoners)
S:
(n)
lieutenant
,
police lieutenant
(an officer in a police force)
S:
(n)
marshal
,
marshall
(a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law)
S:
(n)
military policeman
,
MP
(a member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners)
S:
(n)
narc
,
nark
,
narcotics agent
(a lawman concerned with narcotics violations)
S:
(n)
policeman
,
police officer
,
officer
(a member of a police force)
"it was an accident, officer"
S:
(n)
police sergeant
,
sergeant
(a lawman with the rank of sergeant)
S:
(n)
sheriff
(the principal law-enforcement officer in a county)
S:
(n)
solicitor general
(a law officer appointed to assist an attorney general)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(n)
Texas Ranger
,
Ranger
(a member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier)
S:
(n)
warden
(the chief official in charge of a prison)
S:
(n)
warder
(a person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners)
Verb
S:
(v)
annoy
,
rag
,
get to
,
bother
,
get at
,
irritate
,
rile
,
nark
,
nettle
,
gravel
,
vex
,
chafe
,
devil
(cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations)
"Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
S:
(v)
nark
(inform or spy (for the police))
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
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