cop to
phrasal verb
copped to; copping to; cops to
US slang
: to admit to doing (something)
He agreed to cop to a misdemeanor.
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And in June, Chengdu got its own humanoid traffic-cop to help out on the western city's busy streets.
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New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2025
Devon Wenger is the last of 14 ex-Antioch and Pittsburg cops to be convicted in a far-reaching FBI and Contra Costa District Attorney investigation.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
No other adult who could play bad cop to her good cop, or vice versa.
—Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
But hiring off-duty cops to intimidate and extort victims, or throw them in jail, represented a significant escalation.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
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New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2025
Devon Wenger is the last of 14 ex-Antioch and Pittsburg cops to be convicted in a far-reaching FBI and Contra Costa District Attorney investigation.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
No other adult who could play bad cop to her good cop, or vice versa.
—Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
But hiring off-duty cops to intimidate and extort victims, or throw them in jail, represented a significant escalation.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cop to
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“Cop to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cop%20to. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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