cop to

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

Even before things go awry, Lee pulls over on the way to the Hattas to arrest a meth addict, Mad Dog Luke (Akira Huang), for a drug buy, forcing the cops to bring the man along with them. — Jake Cole, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026

From cops to criminals, theories floated from season to season well into the new century. — John L. Smith, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026

Russell Poole, the LAPD detective, the first cop to openly link the two murders, is gone. — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026

Wyle also copped to owning a few action figures back in the day. — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for cop to

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou