cop
1a 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.
Origin of cop
1Other definitions for cop (2 of 6)
cop out, 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.
Origin of cop
2Other definitions for cop (3 of 6)
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.
Origin of cop
3Other definitions for COP (4 of 6)
Other definitions for cop. (5 of 6)
copper.
copyright; copyrighted.
Other definitions for Cop. (6 of 6)
Copernican.
Coptic.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use cop in a sentence
The judges noted that he told one of the officers he had “copped some lumber.”
Beck copped to resetting the computer system, and was fired.
The Intern Who Birthed The KAL007 Conspiracy Theories | Tim Mak | September 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA string of former city vendors, subcontractors and administration insiders, who had all copped pleas, testified to the bribes.
From Katrina to the Clink: Ex New Orleans Mayor Heads to Prison | Jason Berry | February 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBig banks have copped to heinous crimes that have cost citizens billions of dollars.
JPMorgan asset advisors have copped to giving misleading, pocket-lining advice.
SEC Report Calls Most Regular Investors Financially Illiterate | Alex Klein | August 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
I'm willing to grant that it might not have been they who copped Massey, but I can't think of anything else.
The Onslaught from Rigel | Fletcher PrattI got my despatch soon afterwards and returned with it to the General, who was spending the night at Copped Hall.
The Invasion | William Le QueuxWaited for me and copped me on the topper as I came around the corner.
Dave Dawson at Truk | Robert Sydney BowenHe copped me dough and sent me down here and told me to work off my mad on you.
The Snow-Burner | Henry OyenHe was leading a rush of his section in fine style, when he ‘copped a packet.’
Cupid in Africa | P. C. Wren
British Dictionary definitions for cop (1 of 4)
/ (kɒp) slang /
another name for policeman
British an arrest (esp in the phrase a fair cop)
an instance of plagiarism
to seize or catch
to steal
to buy, steal, or otherwise obtain (illegal drugs): Compare score (def. 26)
Also: cop it to suffer (a punishment): you'll cop a clout if you do that!
cop it sweet Australian slang
to accept a penalty without complaint
to have good fortune
Origin of cop
1British Dictionary definitions for cop (2 of 4)
/ (kɒp) /
a conical roll of thread wound on a spindle
mainly dialect the top or crest, as of a hill
Origin of cop
2British Dictionary definitions for cop (3 of 4)
/ (kɒp) /
British slang (usually used with a negative) worth or value: that work is not much cop
Origin of cop
3British Dictionary definitions for COP (4 of 4)
Certificate of Proficiency: a pass in a university subject
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse