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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But then defense attorneys asked Norma about her husband, who confessed to killing five people throughout the 1970s and died in prison in 2024.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
21 Aug. 2025 -
Another confessed that years of AI romance made real-world dating feel impossible.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Boeing previously admitted that two of its 737 MAX flight technical pilots deceived the Federal Aviation Administration’s aircraft evaluation group about an aircraft part known as MCAS that affected the flight control system of the Boeing 737 MAX.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Sep. 2025
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Most are admitted on F-1 visas for academic study, M-1 visas for vocational training, or J-1 visas for exchange programs.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 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 7 Sep. 2025.
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