Il paraît que la c est cachée par le s muet dans "crocs" mais pas avant s en becs. Il doit y avoir une règle d'exceptions autre que prononcer "c, r, f, et l" que je ne connais pas car google translate auto prononce la dernière voyelle dans "break", "infect" et "bled".
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The c in -cs can be pronounced or not. There is no real rule I'm aware of but there are two or three times more words where the c is pronounced.
Here are some words with the c in -cs pronounced:
Alambics, allocs, aqueducs, arcs, bacs, becs, bivouacs, blocs, boucs, caducs, chics, chocs, clics, couacs, ducs, déclics, échecs, grecs, hamacs, lacs, laïcs, parcs, publics, rocs, sacs, secs, trocs, ...
and here are common words with that ending c mute:
Accrocs, ajoncs, bancs, blancs, brocs, caoutchoucs, clercs, crocs, entrelacs, escrocs, estomacs, flancs, francs, joncs, marcs, porcs, tabacs, troncs.
Both pronunciations are accepted with:
Crics
but nowadays, the c is usually pronounced.
Regional French might pronounce the ending c in porcs and other words like caoutchoucs, clercs, tabacs...
The ending c in zincs is expected to be pronounced g.
Both c and s are pronounced in pacs (from the acronym PACS: pacte civil de solidarité).
