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 But the whole sequence is impressively ugly, and Danvers’ response — putting Leah in a jail cell and refusing entreaties by the other cops to stop being so tough on the kid — is even uglier. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2024 Yes, John Harbaugh will cop to having some Taylor Swift songs on his phone. Noah Trister, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024 In the crime procedural’s season 21 premiere, Valderrama’s character, former lone-wolf agent Nick Torres, copped to the murder of his family’s childhood tormenter after learning the man was victimizing another mother and son. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024 Amazon has finally stopped allowing the cops to directly request Ring security camera footage from users without a warrant. David Meyer, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2024 During his chat with Rolling Stone, Davido broke down his look — featuring a handmade suit from Frère — copped to some totally reasonable pre-show nerves and spoke about his biggest supporter: His dad. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2024 Jokić copped to a fondness for Coke by the litre and for burek, a Serbian pastry usually filled with meat or cheese. Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024 The film tells the story of an Irish mob boss who plants a spy within the Massachusetts State Police just as the police assign an undercover cop to infiltrate the gang. Ellise Shafer, Variety, 17 Jan. 2024 Nishad Singh, a longtime family friend, who copped to what sounded an awful lot like classic embezzlement. Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 26 Oct. 2023

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“Cop to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cop%20to. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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