as in to confess
to make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or valid
the defendant made a deal with the prosecutor and copped to a lesser charge
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A couple of weeks later, Gillooly confessed and also agreed to testify that Harding approved the plan to attack Kerrigan.—
Natasha O'Neill,
Vanity Fair,
26 Jan. 2026 -
At that point, Koren confessed.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Be careful of admitting that to a coworker as Venus and Uranus clash.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 2026
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The border was a mess, that everybody admits.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Cop (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cop%20%28to%29. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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