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

to catch; nab.
to steal; filch.
to buy (narcotics).

Verb Phrases

cop out,
  1. 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.
  2. cop a plea.

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RELATED WORDS

capture, bust, seize, embezzle, misappropriate, borrow, confiscate, secure, take, retrieve, win, attain, have, recover, glean, access, achieve, reach, procure, gain

Nearby words

  1. cooties,
  2. cooty,
  3. coover,
  4. cooze,
  5. coozie,
  6. cop a feel,
  7. cop a plea,
  8. cop off,
  9. cop out,
  10. cop shop

Idioms

    cop a plea,
    1. to plead guilty or confess in return for receiving a lighter sentence.
    2. 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 of cop

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1695–1705; compare cap (obsolete) to arrest, Scots cap to seize ≪ dialectal Old French caper to take, ultimately < Latin capere
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British Dictionary definitions for copped

cop

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/ (kɒp) slang /

noun

verb cops, copping or copped (tr)

See also cop off, cop out

Word Origin for cop

C18: (vb) perhaps from obsolete cap to arrest, from Old French caper to seize; sense 1, back formation from copper ²

cop

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/ (kɒp) /

noun

a conical roll of thread wound on a spindle
mainly dialect the top or crest, as of a hill

Word Origin for cop

Old English cop, copp top, summit, of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Old English copp cup

cop

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/ (kɒp) /

noun

British slang (usually used with a negative) worth or valuethat work is not much cop

Word Origin for cop

C19: n use of cop 1 (in the sense: to catch, hence something caught, something of value)

COP

abbreviation for (in New Zealand)

Certificate of Proficiency: a pass in a university subject
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Word Origin and History for copped
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