Example Sentences

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Last week, England had copped criticism for spurning shots at goal when they had the chance.

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2012

Sid Vicious reportedly owned such a knife, which he had copped after seeing Dee Dee gift one to Stiv Bators, of fellow thrashers Dead Boys.

From Newsweek

Ordinarily a dead man was called a "washout"; or it was said that he had "copped it."

From Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition by Gallishaw, John

He had copped everything in my room that he could hock.

From Living Up to Billy by Cooper, Elizabeth

And Joe had copped many in his time.

From Mercenary by Birmingham, Lloyd