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n. Informal.
  1. A police officer.
  2. One that regulates certain behaviors or actions: “Faced with the world recession of the early 1980s, … the World Bank … became a stern economic taskmaster and cop” (Richard J. Barnet).

[Short for COPPER2.]


cop2 (kŏp) pronunciation Slang.
tr.v., copped, cop·ping, cops.
  1. To take unlawfully or without permission; steal. See synonyms at steal.
    1. To get hold of; gain or win: a show that copped four awards; copped a ticket to the game.
    2. To take or catch: “copped a quick look at the gentleman in a caramel cashmere sport coat on the right” (Gail Sheehy).
phrasal verb:

cop out

  1. To avoid fulfilling a commitment or responsibility; renege: copped out on my friends; copped out by ducking the issue.

idiom:

cop a plea

  1. To plead guilty to a lesser charge so as to avoid standing trial for a more serious charge.

[Probably variant of cap, to catch, from Old French caper, from Latin capere. See capture.]


cop3 (kŏp) pronunciation
n.
  1. A cone-shaped or cylindrical roll of yarn or thread wound on a spindle.
  2. Chiefly British. A summit or crest, as of a hill.

[Middle English, summit, from Old English.]


 
 

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also cop out

noun

    A member of a law-enforcement agency: bluecoat, finest, officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, police, policeman, police officer, policewoman. Informal law. Slang bull, copper, flatfoot, fuzz, gendarme, heat, man (often uppercase). Chiefly British bobby, constable, peeler. See law.

verb

  1. To take (another's property) without permission: filch, pilfer, purloin, snatch, steal, thieve. Informal lift, swipe. Slang heist, hook, nip, pinch, rip off, snitch. Idioms: makewalkoff with. See crimes, give/take/reciprocity.
  2. To obtain possession or control of: capture, gain, get, take, win. See get/lose.

phrasal verb - cop out

    To abandon a former position or commitment: back down (or out), renege, retreat. Slang fink out. See resist/yield.

 

Merlon. See battlement.

 

Colloid osmotic pressure.

 

To get, as in "cop some Zs".

 
Translations: Translations for: Cop

Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - politibetjent, anholdelse
v. tr. - anholde, få, stjæle

idioms:

  • cop it    blive knaldet, få en omgang
  • cop out    bakke ud, svigte et løfte, undslippe
  • not much cop    ikke meget værd

2.
n. - rulle garn

Nederlands (Dutch)
smeris, arrestatie, (garen)klos, arresteren, (aan)pakken, incasseren, jatten

Français (French)
1.
n. - flic, agent de la circulation, arrestation
v. tr. - attraper (qn), pincer (qn), se faire pincer, écoper

idioms:

  • cop it    (GB) se faire pincer, recevoir une blessure, mourir
  • cop off    se dégonfler, se défiler
  • cop out    se défiler, choisir la solution de facilité
  • cop to    écoper de
  • not much cop    pas grand chose

2.
n. - (Tex) canette

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Polizist, Bulle
v. - fassen, fangen, (Sl) schnappen

idioms:

  • cop it    Prügel bekommen
  • cop off    bumbsen (Sl)
  • cop out    sich aus dem Staube machen
  • cop to    (AmE) zugeben, eingestehen
  • not much cop    nichts Besonderes

2.
n. - (Garn)winde, (Garn)wickel, (Garn)knäuel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) αστυνομικός, μπάτσος, (Βρετ.) σύλληψη, μπουζούριασμα, μασούρι, τυλιγάδι
v. - (καθομ.) αρπάζω, αδράχνω, τσακώνω, τσουβαλιάζω, σουφρώνω, σελεμίζω, βουτάω

idioms:

  • cop it    (καθομ.) την πατάω
  • cop out    (καθομ.) κάνω πίσω, αθετώ υπόσχεση
  • not much cop    τίποτα σπουδαίο

Italiano (Italian)
piedipiatti, poliziotto

idioms:

  • cop it    mettersi nei pasticci, prendersele
  • cop out    svicolare, sottrarsi a responsabilità
  • not much cop    di poco valore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - guarda (f) (gír.)
v. - surrupiar (gír.)

idioms:

  • cop it    ser punido
  • cop out    abandonar
  • not much cop    nada de valor alto

Русский (Russian)
полицейский, поймать

idioms:

  • cop it    попасть в неприятность
  • cop out    отговорка
  • not much cop    не бог весть что

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - agente de policía, bofia, policía, poli
v. tr. - agente de policía, bofia, policía, poli

idioms:

  • cop it    ganársela, pagarla, estar arreglado
  • cop off    tener una relación sexual
  • cop out    escabullirse, escaquearse, rajarse
  • cop to    aceptar o admitir
  • not much cop    es poca cosa, no es gran cosa

2.
n. - agente de policía, bofia, policía, poli

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - garnspole, snut (vard.), kap, byte (sl.)
v. - haffa (sl.), vinna (sl.)

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 警察, 警员, 抓, 逮住, 偷窃, 赢, 买

idioms:

  • cop it    挨打, 受责
  • cop out    放弃, 逃避
  • not much cop    没什么价值, 没多大用处

2. 管纱, 顶, 纬管, 冠

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 警察, 警員
v. tr. - 抓, 逮住, 偷竊, 贏, 買

idioms:

  • cop it    挨打, 受責
  • cop out    放棄, 逃避
  • not much cop    沒什麼價值, 沒多大用處

2.
n. - 管紗, 頂, 緯管, 冠

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 경관, 순경
v. tr. - 붙잡다, 훔치다

idioms:

  • cop out    체포되다, 자백하다, 회피하다

2.
n. - 원추형의 실꾸러미, 꼭대기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 警官
v. - 捕らえる, 捕まえる, 盗む

idioms:

  • cop it    叱られる
  • cop out    手を引く, つかまる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شرطي (فعل) قبض على, استلم أو حدث له شيئا مزعج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שוטר, תפיסה, לכידה‬
v. tr. - ‮לכד, תפס‬
n. - ‮סליל חוטים חרוטי על כישור‬


 
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