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.
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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.
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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.
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copper.
copyright; copyrighted.
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Copernican.
Coptic.
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How to use cop in a sentence
That means cops with dubious records sometimes get bounced around police agencies.
Sacramento Report: Jones, COVID-19 and the Irony of Remote Voting | Sara Libby and Jesse Marx | August 28, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoDiamandis compares it to a cop walking the beat, but for a biological threat—that is, it requires a more targeted approach than searching for one criminal.
Why Covaxx thinks it has a COVID-19 vaccine game changer on its hands | Sy Mukherjee | August 27, 2020 | FortuneHowever, private security agents still face far less public scrutiny than the average cop.
Earlier this month, Kate Nucci reported that cops since 2013 had issued at least 83 tickets for seditious language.
Morning Report: SDPD Says It Will Stop Seditious Language Tickets | Voice of San Diego | August 17, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoWhen Jennifer Strong and I started reporting on the use of face recognition technology by police for our new podcast, “In Machines We Trust,” we knew these AI-powered systems were being adopted by cops all over the US and in other countries.
There is a crisis of face recognition and policing in the US | Tate Ryan-Mosley | August 14, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
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.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside | Justin Rohrlich | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTOnce 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.
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
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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
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/ (kɒp) /
British slang (usually used with a negative) worth or value: that work is not much cop
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Certificate of Proficiency: a pass in a university subject
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