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1  [kop]
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–verb (used with object), copped, cop⋅ping. Informal.
1. to catch; nab.
2. to steal; filch.
3. to buy (narcotics).
—Verb phrase
4. cop out,
a. to avoid one's responsibility, the fulfillment of a promise, etc.; renege; back out (often fol. by on or of): He never copped out on a friend in need. You agreed to go, and you can't cop out now.
b. cop a plea.
—Idiom
5. cop a plea,
a. to plead guilty or confess in return for receiving a lighter sentence.
b. to plead guilty to a lesser charge as a means of bargaining one's way out of standing trial for a more serious charge; plea-bargain.
Origin:
1695–1705; cf. cap (obs.) to arrest, Scots cap to seize ≪ dial. OF caper to take, ult. < L capere
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cop

2  [kop]
–noun Informal.
1. a police officer.
2. a person who seeks to regulate a specified behavior, activity, practice, etc.: character cops.
Origin:
1855–60; clipping of copper 2

cop

3  [kop]
–noun
1. a conical mass of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a spindle.
2. British Dialect. crest; tip.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME, OE cop tip, top (in ME also head), prob. c. D kop, G Kopf head; see cup

COP

 
Thermodynamics.
coefficient of performance.

Cop.

 
1. Copernican.
2. Coptic.

cop.

 
1. copper.
2. copyright; copyrighted.

coefficient of performance

 
–noun Thermodynamics.
a constant that denotes the efficiency of a refrigerator, expressed as the amount of heat removed from a substance being refrigerated divided by the amount of work necessary to remove the heat. Abbreviation: COP
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cop 1   (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 copper2.]
cop 2   (kŏp)   
tr.v.   copped, cop·ping, cops

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

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

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

Phrasal Verb(s):
cop outTo avoid fulfilling a commitment or responsibility; renege: copped out on my friends; copped out by ducking the issue.

Idiom(s):
cop a pleaTo 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.]
cop 3   (kŏp)   
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.


[Middle English, summit, from Old English.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
cop

  1. tv.
    to take or steal something. (Originally underworld.) : Somebody copped the statue from the town square.
  2. n.
    a theft. (Underworld.) : They pulled the cop in broad daylight.
  3. n.
    a police officer. (From sense 1.) : The cop wasn't in any mood to put up with any monkey business.
  4. tv.
    to arrest someone. (See also copped.) : They copped Sam with the evidence right on him.
  5. n.
    an arrest. : It was a smooth cop. No muss, no fuss.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

cop  (v.)
1704, northern British dialect, "seize," perhaps from M.Fr. caper "seize, to take," from L. capere "to take" (see capable); or from Du. kapen "to take," from O.Fris. capia "to buy." Cop out (v.) and cop-out (n.) are Amer.Eng., first recorded 1942, probably from cop a plea (c.1925) "plead guilty to lesser charges."

cop  (n.)
"policeman," 1859, abbreviation of earlier copper (1846), from the verb.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

COP

In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Colombian Peso.

Investopedia Commentary

The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion.

See also: Currency, FOREX, Hard Currency, Money

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Financial Dictionary

COP

See certificate of participation.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
COP

  1. coefficient of performance

  2. Colombia—peso

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