copped

verb (used with object), copped, cop·ping. Informal.

to catch; nab.

to steal; filch.

to buy (narcotics).

Verb phrases

cop out,

to avoid one's responsibility, the fulfillment of a promise, etc.; renege; back out (often followed by on or of ): He never copped out on a friend in need. You agreed to go, and you can't cop out now.

cop a plea.

Idioms

cop a plea,

to plead guilty or confess in return for receiving a lighter sentence.

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; compare cap (obsolete) to arrest, Scots cap to seize ≪ dialectal Old French caper to take, ultimately < Latin capere

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cop¹ (kɒp)

—n
1.	another name for policeman
2.	(Brit) an arrest (esp in the phrase a fair cop)
3.	an instance of plagiarism

—vb , cops, copping, copped
4.	to seize or catch
5.	to steal
6.	Compare score to buy, steal, or otherwise obtain (illegal drugs)
7.	Also: cop it to suffer (a punishment): you'll cop a clout if you do that!
8.	slang (Austral) cop it sweet
	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]

cop² (kɒp)

—n
1.	a conical roll of thread wound on a spindle
2.	dialect chiefly the top or crest, as of a hill

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

cop³ (kɒp)

—n
	slang (Brit) (usually used with a negative) 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

—*abbreviation for*
	Certificate of Proficiency: a pass in a university subject

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Word Origin & History

cop

1704, northern British dialect, "to seize, to catch," 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

"policeman," 1859, abbreviation of earlier copper (1846), from cop (v.).

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Slang Dictionary

cop definition

tv.
to take or steal something. (Originally underworld.) : Somebody copped the statue from the town square.
n.
a theft. (Underworld.) : They pulled the cop in broad daylight.
n.
a police officer. (From sense 1.) : The cop wasn't in any mood to put up with any monkey business.
tv.
to arrest someone. (See also copped.) : They copped Sam with the evidence right on him.
n.
an arrest. : It was a smooth cop. No muss, no fuss.

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copped definition

mod.
arrested. : I was copped for doing absolutely nothing at all.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

COP

coefficient of performance
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