cop to

phrasal verb

copped to; copping to; cops to

US slang

: to admit to doing (something)

He agreed to cop to a misdemeanor.

Examples of cop to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Acknowledging that no perfect version of Earth exists—that extinction is as normal as any other evolutionary process, that the evolutionary-selection pressures humans are putting on the planet are as natural as the ones plants created in the Late Devonian—frees us to cop to those value judgments. —Leigh Phillips, The Atlantic, 9 July 2024

James Weeks, 55, of Sodus, just east of Rochester, copped to charges of assault and resisting police officers in federal court in Washington. —Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 27 June 2024

Currently, officers found guilty of such misconduct can keep their jobs even after facing a disciplinary panel, a system that LAPD officials have said is unusual and allows problem cops to remain on the force. —Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024

The Grammy winner copped to the mistake on X (formerly Twitter) shortly after the episode aired. —Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024