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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 copper.]

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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 ³  (kp)

n.

1. A cone-shaped or cylindrical roll of yarn or thread wound on a spindle.

2. Chiefly British A summit or crest, as of a hill.

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[Middle English, summit, from Old English.]

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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

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cop [kɔp] n (inf) → flic m

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

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cop [kɔp] n (col) → sbirro

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cop

n cop [kop]

a slang abbreviation of copper2. polisieman شُرْطـي полицай polda politibetjent; strisser; panser der Bulle (umgsp. Polizist) βλ. cοppεr2 poli võmm مس kyttä flic שוֹטֵר पुलिस ऑफिसर policajac zsaru polisi lögga, lögreglumaður poliziotto おまわり 경찰관 faras polis smeris purk, politi(konstabel) chui poliţist полицейский poliš kifeljc pandur snut ตำรวจ (argo) polis, aynasız 警察(縮寫式) поліцейський, полісмен سپاهى، پوليس مين viết tắt của từ copper (đồng) 警察（缩写式）