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cop

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verb

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Recent Examples of cop
Noun
Read Next Texas Former MMA fighter repeatedly stabs apartment neighbor, killing him, TX cops say May 13, 2025 8:25 AM This story was originally published May 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM. Sara Schilling, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2025 Read Next Missouri Mom killed when teens try to carjack her, MO cops say. Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
Verb
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 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 See All Example Sentences for cop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cop
Noun
  • The second Trump administration looks set to entirely do away the role of world policeman, and cynics might say, replace it with the role for rent collector.
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
  • His son Flávio had been found to be paying a salary to the wife and the mother of a fugitive policeman who was wanted for running a murder-for-hire operation.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Established in January 2023, my store aims to be a welcoming sanctuary, more than just a place to buy books.
    American Booksellers Association, USA Today, 17 May 2025
  • Planning a vacation is the ideal excuse to buy a whole new closet.
    Izzy Baskette, People.com, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • Combs returns to the scene shortly thereafter and appears to grab at the phone.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • The Pineapple Express actress allegedly grabbed and struck van Ree's arm in an altercation at a Seattle airport.
    Alex Gurley, People.com, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Lawyers for the Harris County traffic cop said missteps by an officer prior to an escalating event do not strip them of the right to self-defense thereafter.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • At the same time, Trump’s orders would end accountability for future civil rights violations, justifying an officer’s unlawful acts if Trump’s appointees determine them as relevant, valid, and necessary public safety enforcement functions.
    Arnold Kriss, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • What To Know Thousands invested in the scheme, according to Reuters, which allowed individuals to purchase indirect ownership of cows or a stake in the overall enterprise, with promises of stable and significant profits when the cattle were eventually sold by livestock companies.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
  • Michaels says the money was used to purchase Irlam an Audemars Piguet watch, thought to be worth more than £20,000.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • Yet octopuses have been caught performing incredible feats such as escaping aquarium tanks, solving puzzles, unscrewing jar lids and carrying shells as shields.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Wired News, 11 May 2025
  • In Barca’s 4-0 win in La Liga against Madrid at the Bernabeu in October, Madrid were caught offside 12 times.
    Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • Law enforcement agencies would have to create department files on any employee holding a Texas Commission on Law Enforcement license, which includes police, sheriff’s deputies, constables, corrections officers and others.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The Center Township constable's office has made headlines in recent years because of scandals surrounding former constable Denise Hatch.
    Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • In October, Disney snatched the rights to the annual music awards show in a 10-year pact.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 May 2025
  • This previous weekend was particularly nuts, with an older gentleman snatched from the streets of Paris' 14th arrondissement on May 1 by men in ski masks.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 7 May 2025

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“Cop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cop. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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