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cop

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verb (1)

slang

cop (to)

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verb (2)

slang
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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Recent Examples of cop
Noun
Crossing off cliched character traits like orders on her waitressing pad, Lori is the daughter of a disgraced widow cop. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 May 2025 Since the operation began on April 28, cops have handed out 916 criminal court summonses against wayward e-bikers — nearly double the amount that was given out all last year, the NYPD said. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 16 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 cars slid backward and would have dropped through the opening made by the raising to the abutment of the bridge if policemen had not attracted the attention of the bridge tender by firing their revolvers.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
  • On the night of Oct. 6, 2016, Kardashian was by herself in her room at the No Address Hotel in Paris when five men dressed as policemen broke in, tied up her feet and hands and gagged her before putting her in a bathtub.
    Caroline Blair, People.com, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • The person’s name was not made public, but he was identified as the ship’s second officer.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 27 May 2025
  • Occupations Spanberger worked on narcotics and money laundering cases as a federal law enforcement officer in the Postal Inspection Service and then at the CIA as a case officer.
    Morgan Kromer, The Washington Examiner, 27 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

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“Cop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cop. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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