cop

cop ¹  (kp)

n. Informal

1. A police officer.

2. One that regulates certain behaviors or actions: "Faced with the world recession of the early 1980s, ... the World Bank ... became a stern economic taskmaster and cop" Richard J. Barnet.

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[Short for copper².]

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cop ²  (kp) Slang

tr.v. copped, cop·ping, cops

1. To take unlawfully or without permission; steal. See Synonyms at steal.

2.

a. To get hold of; gain or win: a show that copped four awards; copped a ticket to the game.

b. To take or catch: "copped a quick look at the gentleman in a caramel cashmere sport coat on the right" Gail Sheehy.

Phrasal Verb:

cop out

To avoid fulfilling a commitment or responsibility; renege: copped out on my friends; copped out by ducking the issue.

Idiom:

cop a plea

To plead guilty to a lesser charge so as to avoid standing trial for a more serious charge.

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[Probably variant of cap, to catch, from Old French caper, from Latin capere; see capture.]

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cop Slang

Noun

1. a policeman

2. not much cop of little value or worth

Verb

[copping, copped]

1. to take or seize

2. cop it to get into trouble or be punished: he copped it after he was spotted driving a car without a seat belt

See also cop out [perhaps from Old French caper to seize]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cop - uncomplimentary terms for a policeman fuzz, copper, pig, bull colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech police officer, policeman, officer - a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"
Verb	1.	cop - take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" glom, snitch, thieve, knock off, hook steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
	2.	cop - take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" arrest, collar, nab, nail, apprehend, pick up clutch, prehend, seize - take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"

Translations

cop [kɔp] n (col) → poli m

cop [kɔp] n (inf) → flic m

cop [kɔp] (inf) n → Polizist(in) m(f), Bulle m (pej)

cop [kɔp] n (col) → sbirro

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cop

n cop [kop]

a slang abbreviation of copper2 . polisiemanشُرْطـيполицайpoldapolitibetjent; strisser; panserder Bulle (umgsp. Polizist)βλ. copper2polivõmmمسkyttäflicשוֹטֵרपुलिस ऑफिसरpolicajaczsarupolisilögga, lögreglumaðurpoliziottoおまわり경찰관faraspolissmerispurk, politi(konstabel)chuipoliţistполицейскийpoliškifeljcpandursnutตำรวจ(argo) polis, aynasız警察(縮寫式)поліцейський, полісменسپاهى، پوليس مينviết tắt của từ copper (đồng)警察（缩写式）