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cop¹

(kŏp)

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).

[Short for copper.]

cop²

(kŏp) Slang

tr.v. copped, cop·ping, cops

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

b. To perceive by one of the senses: "copped a quick look at the gentleman ... on the right" (Gail Sheehy).

2. To take unlawfully or without permission; steal.

Phrasal Verb:

cop out

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

Idioms:

cop a feel

To fondle someone sexually in a surreptitious way.

cop a plea

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

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

cop3

cop³

(kŏp)

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.

[Middle English, summit, from Old English.]

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cop

(kɒp)

1. (Law) another name for policeman

2. Brit an arrest (esp in the phrase a fair cop)

3. an instance of plagiarism

vb (tr) , cops, copping or copped

4. to seize or catch

5. to steal

6. (Recreational Drugs) to buy, steal, or otherwise obtain (illegal drugs). Compare score²⁶

7. Also: cop it to suffer (a punishment): you'll cop a clout if you do that!.

8. cop it sweet slang

a. to accept a penalty without complaint

b. to have good fortune

[C18: (vb) perhaps from obsolete cap to arrest, from Old French caper to seize; sense 1, back formation from copper²]

cop

(kɒp)

1. (Textiles) a conical roll of thread wound on a spindle

2. chiefly dialect the top or crest, as of a hill

[Old English cop, copp top, summit, of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Old English copp cup]

cop

(kɒp)

slang (usually used with a negative) Brit worth or value: that work is not much cop.

[C19: n use of cop¹ (in the sense: to catch, hence something caught, something of value)]

COP

(in New Zealand) abbreviation for

(Education) Certificate of Proficiency: a pass in a university subject

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cop¹

(kɒp)

v.t. copped, cop•ping. Informal.

1. to catch; nab.

2. to steal; filch.

3. cop out, to renege on a promise; avoid a responsibility.

Idioms:

cop a plea, to plea-bargain.

[1695–1705; compare cap (obsolete) to arrest, Scots cap to seize « dial. Old French caper to take, ultimately < Latin capere]

cop²

(kɒp)

n.

1. police officer.

2. a person who seeks to regulate a specified behavior, activity, practice, etc.: character cops.

[1855–60; compare copper²]

cop³

(kɒp)

n.

1. a conical mass of thread or yarn wound on a spindle.

2. Brit. Dial. crest; tip.

[before 1000; Middle English, Old English cop tip, top]

cop

Past participle: copped
Gerund: copping

Imperative
cop
cop

Present
I cop
you cop
he/she/it cops
we cop
you cop
they cop

Preterite
I copped
you copped
he/she/it copped
we copped
you copped
they copped

Present Continuous
I am copping
you are copping
he/she/it is copping
we are copping
you are copping
they are copping

Present Perfect
I have copped
you have copped
he/she/it has copped
we have copped
you have copped
they have copped

Past Continuous
I was copping
you were copping
he/she/it was copping
we were copping
you were copping
they were copping

Past Perfect
I had copped
you had copped
he/she/it had copped
we had copped
you had copped
they had copped

Future
I will cop
you will cop
he/she/it will cop
we will cop
you will cop
they will cop

Future Perfect
I will have copped
you will have copped
he/she/it will have copped
we will have copped
you will have copped
they will have copped

Future Continuous
I will be copping
you will be copping
he/she/it will be copping
we will be copping
you will be copping
they will be copping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been copping
you have been copping
he/she/it has been copping
we have been copping
you have been copping
they have been copping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been copping
you will have been copping
he/she/it will have been copping
we will have been copping
you will have been copping
they will have been copping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been copping
you had been copping
he/she/it had been copping
we had been copping
you had been copping
they had been copping

Conditional
I would cop
you would cop
he/she/it would cop
we would cop
you would cop
they would cop

Past Conditional
I would have copped
you would have copped
he/she/it would have copped
we would have copped
you would have copped
they would have copped

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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"

cop

noun

Informal. A member of a law-enforcement agency:

bluecoat, finest, officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, police, policeman, police officer, policewoman.

Informal: law.

Slang: bull, copper, flatfoot, fuzz, gendarme, heat, man (often uppercase).

Chiefly British: bobby, constable, peeler.

verb

1. Slang. To take (another's property) without permission:

filch, pilfer, purloin, snatch, steal, thieve.

Informal: lift, swipe.

Slang: heist, hook, nip, pinch, rip off, snitch.

Idiom: make off with.

2. Slang. To obtain possession or control of:

capture, gain, get, take, win.

phrasal verb
cop out

Slang. To abandon a former position or commitment:

back down (or out), renege, retreat.

Slang: fink out.

Translations

شُرْطـيشُرْطيّ

poldapolicajt

panserpolitibetjentpolitimandstrisser

Bulle Polente Schmier Schmiere

αστυνομικός

policía tombo paco poli

kyttä

flic keuf agent

policajac

zsaru

lögga, lögreglumaîur

poliziotto

警官

경찰

politie smeris

politi purk snut

glina gliniarz

agente da polícia policial

мент мусор полицейский початок фараон

kifeljc

snut

ตำรวจ

aynasız polis

cảnh sát

警察

cop

[kɒp]

A. N

1. (= policeman) → poli m (Sp) , cana m (S. Cone)
the cops → la pasma (Sp) , la cana (S. Cone)
cops and robbers (= game) → policías y ladrones

2. (Brit) it's not much cop → no es gran cosa
it's a fair cop! → ¡está bien!

B. VT

1. (Brit) (= catch) [+ person] → pescar, pillar; [+ beating, fine] → ganarse
he copped six months → se cargó seis meses
you'll cop it! → ¡te la vas a ganar!
I copped it from the headmaster → el director me puso como un trapo
cop this! → ¡hay que ver esto!
cop hold of this → coge (Sp) or toma esto

2. (US) (Jur) to cop a plea declararse culpable de un delito menor para obtener una sentencia más leve

3. (US) [+ drugs] → comprar

C. CPD cop shop N (Brit) → comisaría f

cop off with VI + PREP (Brit) → liarse con, ligar con, enrollarse con (Sp)

cop out VI + ADV → escabullirse, rajarse

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cop

[ˈkɒp]

(= policeman) → flic m

it's not much cop (British) → ce n'est pas terrible

vt
to cop it (British) (= get into trouble) → morfler cop car n (= police car) → voiture f de police

cop

(inf: = policeman) → Polizist(in) m(f), → Bulle m (pej inf); to play cops and robbers → Räuber und Gendarm spielen

(Brit inf: = arrest) it’s a fair cop → jetzt hats mich erwischt (inf)

(Brit inf) it’s not much cop → das ist nichts Besonderes

vt (inf: = catch) sb → schnappen (inf), → erwischen (inf); clout, thump → fangen (inf); he copped one right on the nose → er fing eine genau auf der Nase (inf); when they found out he didn’t have a licence he really copped it (Brit) → als sie herausfanden, dass er keinen Führerschein hatte, war er dran (inf); hey, cop a load of this! → he, hör dir das mal an! (inf)

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cop

[kɒp] (fam)

1. n

a. (policeman) → poliziotto/a
to play at cops and robbers → giocare a guardie e ladri

b. it's not much cop (Brit) → non è un granché

2. vt to cop it → buscarle

cop out vi + adv (fam) → piantare tutto
to cop out of sth → tirarsi indietro da qc

cop

(kop) noun

a slang abbreviation of copper².

cop

→ شُرْطيّ policajt politimand Bulle αστυνομικός poli, policía kyttä flic policajac poliziotto 警官 경찰 smeris snut glina agente da polícia, policial полицейский snut ตำรวจ aynasız cảnh sát 警察

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"You should see me brother Molloy Malony's horse, Molasses, that won the cop at the Curragh," the Major's wife was exclaiming, and was continuing the family history, when her husband interrupted her by saying--

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here was the very shop, and there was the article marked 60 cop." "Of course, it's sixty copecks," he thought, and certainly worth no more." This idea amused him and he laughed.

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"You see, Saxon, we can't pull it off there, because there's Tom Scanlon--you know, the red-headed cop only a couple of blocks away an' pipin' us off though not recognizin' us.

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It's a fair cop. We don't sweat to know 'ow you brung it orf.

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you know how to speak to the cops," he said in a voice of awe.

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Well, suppose some crazy decides to open the door and kill some cops? The door was never locked, by the way.

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Neufville, who has broken away from the COP, has formed his own version of the organization he calls Independent Council of Patriots (ICOP).

Refus Neufville attacks COP's new plan to protest

A video obtained by a private television channel shows a number of Sindh police officers forcing the widow and family members of a martyred cop Hawaldar Bashir Memon out of their house.

Khairpur police throw martyred cop's family out of his house

So the good practice may be against the ninja cops, I will now raise the amount of P5 million per ninja cop," Duterte said.

CHR to Duterte: 'Ninja cops' removal should not be by death

Based on the reports, Albayalde said the nine cops will be charged with conduct unbecoming of an officer with a maximum penalty of dismissal from service.

Davao cop who hit PNP chief deployed to ARMM

BBC's popular reality show Traffic Cops is not so far from what a stereotype-inclined American might imagine if told, "It's like Cops, but British." Traffic Cops may not be a montage of helmeted and mustachioed bobbies puffing after pickpocketing orphans on cobblestoned streets.

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