as in policeman
a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level
a crime novel set in the days when policemen were coppers and safecrackers were "yeggs"
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Recent Examples of copper
Zelen explained that the printmaker would have laid the appendix of a sheep or goat out flat and used a copper plate with the inked etching on it to print the design onto it.
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Jack Guy, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
From there they must be sent on to Philadelphia along old copper telecom lines — a situation that introduces latency into the system and can cause outages.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 2 June 2025
The generic copper futures are above their 50-day, or ~10-week, moving average MA) in a pending breakout from a triangle pattern.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 2 June 2025
Next spring, spray your tree three times according to label directions with liquid copper fungicide.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 31 May 2025
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Jack Guy, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
From there they must be sent on to Philadelphia along old copper telecom lines — a situation that introduces latency into the system and can cause outages.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 2 June 2025
The generic copper futures are above their 50-day, or ~10-week, moving average MA) in a pending breakout from a triangle pattern.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 2 June 2025
Next spring, spray your tree three times according to label directions with liquid copper fungicide.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 31 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for copper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for copper
Noun
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The Snitch and played a sympathetic policeman in the alien drama Glitch.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Bush came to office determined not to act as the global policeman.—
Stephen Collinson,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
Noun
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Another woman was arrested after allegedly assaulting an officer, too.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
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Hundreds of law enforcement officers at the local, state and federal level spent nearly two weeks searching for Hardin, using dogs, drones and aircraft, at times hampered by severe weather.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
Noun
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And seriously, when the cops are agreeing there’s no riot — there is no riot.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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The crook ripped the chain from the boy’s neck and kept going, speeding off north on Marion Ave., cops said.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
Noun
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The victim went back to the police six months later, and local detective constable, Mike Smith, led an investigation into what exactly occurred.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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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
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“Copper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copper. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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