copped (to)

past tense of cop (to), slang
as in confessed
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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  • While Gein confessed to killing Worden and Hogan, he was only convicted of the former's murder.
    Aya Al-Hakim, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The findings also effectively means the exoneration of four teenage boys initially implicated in the killings in 1999, two of whom confessed.
    Jean Casarez, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
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  • Last year, in his third NBA season, LaRavia played well enough that Memphis general manager Zach Kleiman admitted the team’s decision to decline his fourth-year player option the previous summer was a mistake.
    Dan Woike, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • At European soccer governing body UEFA’s Congress in Stockholm in April 2002, Kazakhstan was admitted as the confederation’s 52nd member after leaving the Asian Football Confederation the previous year.
    Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Copped (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copped%20%28to%29. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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