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cop
1[ kop ]
noun
- a person who seeks to regulate a specified behavior, activity, practice, etc.:
Once we have the government dictating language usage, then we'll start getting language cops.
cop
2[ kop ]
verb (used with object)
verb phrase
- Slang.
- 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.
cop
3[ kop ]
noun
- a conical mass of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a spindle.
- British Dialect. the top or tip of something, as the crest of a hill.
COP
4abbreviation for
cop.
5abbreviation for
- copper.
- copyright; copyrighted.
Cop.
6abbreviation for
- Copernican.
- Coptic.
COP
1abbreviation for
- Certificate of Proficiency: a pass in a university subject
cop
2/ kɒp /
noun
cop
3/ kɒp /
noun
- slang.usually used with a negative worth or value
that work is not much cop
cop
4/ kɒp /
noun
- a conical roll of thread wound on a spindle
- dialect.the top or crest, as of a hill
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Idioms and Phrases
- cop a plea, Slang.
- 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.
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Example Sentences
Smith attended both funerals as a cop and as the husband of Police Officer Moira Smith, who died on 9/11.
Lucas said that he himself nonetheless hopes to become a cop.
Nobody ever says they want to become a cop so they can bust people for urinating in public or drinking alcohol on their stoop.
The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
They selected an “easy mark” who turned out to be an off-duty NYC Housing Authority cop named James Carragher.
Once he had been a young cop, determined to work his way up in the police force.
In his efforts to clear himself, the young cop had taken half a dozen lead slugs from underworld guns into his body.
It was the Hermit's vast store of scientific knowledge that brought the half-dead cop back to health.
The sight of a traffic cop made him dodge around a corner that threw him off his course.
He struck just one wild haymaker of a blow that cleared the head of the cop by nearly a foot.
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