How to Use cop to in a Sentence

cop to

phrasal verb

• Naomi has since copped to the assault and the match was made.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2025
• The next year, Hill cut a plea deal in the case and copped to a lesser charge, but the deal included taking a DNA test.
  — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 10 July 2025
• Juice cops to the Ghost being a myth but argues that all who fly to protect Ukraine are their own ghosts of Kyiv.
  — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
• When pressed for the source of an assertion, AI sometimes cops to making things up.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 12 Aug. 2023
• Davis' previous words copping to his role in the rapper's killing are crucial in the case against him.
  — Josh Margolin, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2025
• Even those who don’t cop to this behavior still sometimes do it.
  — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2023
• Miller copped to his role in the conspiracy and was sentenced to 14 months behind bars.
  — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
• Yes, John Harbaugh will cop to having some Taylor Swift songs on his phone.
  — Noah Trister, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 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 actor and producer copped to falling in love with the source material.
  — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
• Pool also claimed that friends of his witnessed Grace copping to coming out for money at a 2012 Chicago show.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2025
• The Grammy winner copped to the mistake on X (formerly Twitter) shortly after the episode aired.
  — Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024
• Alec Baldwin copped to an Instagram gaffe after sharing a tribute to his children, only to leave one of them out.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 5 May 2023
• But none of them would cop to knowing anything about the unpenalized Artem Zub hit that sent him to the dressing room for more than 10 minutes on Saturday night.
  — Chris Johnston, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
• In the midst of the ensuing 25 minutes with reporters, Payton copped to the mishap that precipitated the light-hearted exchange.
  — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2025
• To this day Kim Kardashian has only ever copped to getting Botox injections in her neck, per People.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 27 July 2023
• Reynolds has finally copped to being part of leaking Deadpool test footage way back in 2014, when the film was in the production bardo between editing and theaters.
  — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 26 July 2024
• Sandoval recalls overhearing Scheana copping to punching Raquel in the face, though everything Sandoval says at this point must be taken with a mine of salt.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2023
• For now, Chow himself might cop to the platitudinous quality of his own descriptions.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
• Asked by host Sherri Shepherd about her love for shoes — and for kicking them off mid-song — LaBelle copped to wanting some rapid relief after walking on stage with ill-fitting heels.
  — Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2025
• Because now that Audrey has copped to shooting Finn, literally no exit story was set up.
  — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 28 Apr. 2025
• 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
• Critics say a vague definition of civil disturbances will allow cops to squash protests.
  — USA TODAY, 15 May 2024
• Robert Tafoya have both copped to their role in the pay-to-play scheme and agreed to cooperate in ongoing public corruption investigations.
  — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
• Balla cops to recently wrestling back control over the band’s merch from the company that usually handles it, leaving his house full of cardboard boxes.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2024
• This is what Barack Obama, who copped to wearing only gray or dark blue suits as president, aside from that one unfortunate tan suit moment, said, as did Mr. Zuckerberg.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 14 June 2023
• Biden seems eager to goad Trump to either defend his longstanding position or cop to a monumental flip-flop.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 2 Apr. 2024
• As outside forces, from fellow cops to cartel bosses, learn about the sizable stash, loyalties and oaths are called into question.
  — Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Jan. 2026
• And in June, Chengdu got its own humanoid traffic-cop to help out on the western city's busy streets.
  — New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2025
• No other adult who could play bad cop to her good cop, or vice versa.
  — Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025