How to Use cop in a Sentence

cop

1 of 2 noun

• The cops took a step too close.
  — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
• There are cops all over the place.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
• That’s what the cops want to do.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 May 2026
• The cops have a good laugh with her.
  — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
• That’s when the cops caught up with him.
  — ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
• One or more of those cops could have died.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
• There must have been two dozen cop cars there.
  — Marlow Stern, Variety, 28 Apr. 2026
• Or the fact that all cops may not be crooks.
  — Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
• That cop must be a fiend with a hacky sack too.
  — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
• Not in law speak, not in cop speak, in plain speak.
  — Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Sep. 2025
• No more killer cops are going free!
  — John Annese, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
• The mustached cop stood on her left.
  — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
• A lot of them were from his fellow cops.
  — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
• The cops kept pushing the fair.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
• There were no arrests, cops said.
  — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2026
• That driver had a green light, cops said.
  — John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
• One cop was even hit in the head with a bucket.
  — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2026
• All her years playing cops were not in vain, though.
  — Kemi Alemoru, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2026
• Lee was shot in the chest and the stomach, cops said.
  — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 26 May 2026
• Your report just might help the cops catch the crooks.
  — Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
• Cuss out a cop, spit in his face, stomp on the flag and light it up.
  — Kristine Parks, Fox News, 19 July 2023
• And the court costs, and the cops around the courthouse.
  — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
• Instead, a cop climbed on stage, knelt, and kissed the flag.
  — Nick Spicer, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
• So, what happened when the cops came in and tried to beat us down?
  — Daniel Scheffler, SPIN, 1 June 2023
• The cops were all lined up ready to go if somebody got out of line.
  — Brandon Caldwell, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2023
• To Lee, cops are worse than robbers.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
• Over and over, Lorincz called the cops on them.
  — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
• Jenkins lived in Harlem, cops said.
  — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
• That was really tough for a lot of the cops.
  — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 24 Mar. 2026
• There was some good police, there were some good cops on the beat, nice guys.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2023

cop

2 of 2 verb

• He copped the full force of the blow.
• He copped the idea from me.
• They expected me to cop all the blame!
• I managed to cop an invitation.
• This from the guy who gave him the funds to cop.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
• Neither would even cop to the basic fact that there was a body.
  — Colin Dickey, Longreads, 30 Mar. 2022
• To cop Phoebe's style for yourself, don't sweat the extra stuff.
  — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 7 Apr. 2022
• But the government did not cop on the document to their role in his death.
  — Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
• As usual, many sneaker fans were lucky to cop a couple of the pairs that were available.
  — oregonlive, 24 June 2021
• Melbourne copped more lockdowns than any other city in the nation.
  — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
• At Daytona is a great way to cop a Daytona, the grail watch of the decade.
  — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2023
• But Bears fans may be able to cop one of the in-demand hats on the North Side.
  — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
• The extent of what Halls is copping to in the plea is still somewhat up for debate.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2023
• Will cop’s conviction be overturned?
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
• Shop even more white stiletto ankle boots below to cop the newlywed's iconic style.
  — Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2021
• Some customers come to Corbitt with photos of a celeb wearing a hat, wanting to cop that same look.
  — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 22 Nov. 2021
• To cop from one of their most popular songs, Lake Street Dive continues to go down smooth.
  — Stuart Munro, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2022
• And there's no better way to cop some rich-kid style than the Ben Silver flagship store in Charleston.
  — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2023
• Netflix has copped the rights to an iconic 1980s TV drama.
  — Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 5 Aug. 2025
• But that crowd wasn’t exactly setting alarms to cop the brand’s newest releases or paying hundreds for hard-to-find styles.
  — Glamour, 21 Mar. 2022
• Even with emotion running high, Noonan and players could cop to that on Saturday.
  — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 29 Aug. 2022
• Available for pre-order, faithful fans can cop an autographed copy for a whopping $399.
  — Karu F. Daniels, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2023
• Another reason to cop these shades is their acetate frames, which are an earth-friendly alternative to plastics.
  — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 26 Mar. 2026
• Forgo the Margaritaville flip-flops and cop yourself a pair of leather sandals for a more polished resort look.
  — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2022
• Sources said—and don’t bother asking who these sources were, because no one will cop to it now—that Tamra Judge was coming to save the day.
  — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2021
• Dorit has to cop that Kyle needs to move on with her life, and Garcelle has the even bigger task of trying to explain Sutton.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
• Thanks to Fanatics, the NFL's go-to gear partner, every team's hat is live and ready for fans to cop.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
• Fans can cop tickets at Little Brother’s website staring April 9.
  — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2025
• Getting companies to cop to fraud or bribery isn’t a new strategy for the Justice Department.
  — Dylan Tokar, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2022
• Digable Planets copped a spot and recorded its second album, Blowout Comb, as a love letter to the hood.
  — Damien Scott, Billboard, 19 Mar. 2025