jark

plural jarks

1. A seal (stamp or impression of a stamp).

   "This is a jark from Jim Ratcliffe," said the taller, having looked at the bit of paper.

   1818, Walter Scott, chapter XXIX, in The Heart of Midlothian (The Waverley Novels), volume 2, page 92

present singular third person jarks · participle present jarking · participle past jarked · past jarked

1. UKslanggovernmentTo modify (weaponry) to disadvantage; especially, to attach a tracking device to and covertly monitor the location of (a weapon).

   At the end of the day, it was inevitable that the IRA would discover that its weapons were being jarked.

   1996, Andy McNab, Immediate Action, page 365

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   'Anna' and 'Mary' were involved in operations that drew on a variety of intelligence data: ‘jarking’; information from agents;[…]One of the weapons, perhaps the Armalite, had been ‘jarked’ by the ‘Det’ and tracked for some time.

   2001, Peter Taylor, Brits:the War Against the IRA, page 255

   An especially creative method was known as “jarking,” which involved “the placing of tiny tracking devices on weapons in arms caches so their movements can be followed.”⁸

   2010, Christopher C. Harmon, Andrew N. Pratt, Sebastian Gorka, Toward a Grand Strategy Against Terrorism, page 197

   The homes and safe houses he provided were bugged; the weapons hidden in empty houses were ‘jarked’ so the security forces could keep track of them, and the vehicles used to ferry weapons put under close surveillance.

   2010, Ed Moloney, Voices from the Grave: Two Men's War in Ireland, page 282

present singular third person jarks · participle present jarking · participle past jarked · past jarked

1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of jerk.

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   First, I felt a kick in my side, and ribs; then I felt myself pulled and jarked about, by the arms and shoulders; and, when I opened my eyes and straightened myself out, to see what alligator hed got hold of me now, what should I see but a squad of four or five of our own Rigiment, all pulling at me at onst!

   1996, William Gilmore Simms, Mary Ann Wimsatt, “Bald-Head Bill Bauldy”, in Tales of the South, page 323