COP

bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig

(noun) uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop

(verb) take into custody; “the police nabbed the suspected criminals”

hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom

(verb) take by theft; “Someone snitched my wallet!”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

COP (plural COPs)

(law, politics) Initialism of conference of the parties; also CoP.

(military) Initialism of common operational picture.

(Ireland, medicine) Initialism of community ophthalmic physician.

Anagrams

• CPO, OCP, OPC, PCO, POC, PoC

Etymology 1

Noun

cop (plural cops)

(obsolete) A spider.

Etymology 2

Verb

cop (third-person singular simple present cops, present participle copping, simple past and past participle copped)

(transitive, formerly dialect, now informal) To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take.

(transitive) To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.

(transitive, trainspotting, slang) To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.

(transitive) To steal.

(transitive) To adopt.

(transitive) To earn by bad behavior.

(intransitive, usually with “to”, slang) to admit, especially to a crime.

(transitive, slang) For a pimp to recruit a prostitute into the stable.

Etymology 3

Noun

cop (plural cops)

(slang, law enforcement) A police officer or prison guard.

Synonyms

• See also police officer

Etymology 4

Noun

cop (plural cops)

(crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.

(obsolete) The top, summit, especially of a hill.

(obsolete) The crown (of the head); also the head itself. [14th-15th c.]

A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.

(architecture, military) A merlon.

Anagrams

• CPO, OCP, OPC, PCO, POC, PoC

Source: Wiktionary


Cop, n. Etym: [AS. cop; cf. G. kopf head. Cf. Cup, Cob.]

1. The top of a thing; the head; a crest. [Obs.] Cop they used to call The tops of many hills. Dra

2. A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.

3. A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.

4. (Mil. Arch.)

Definition: same as Merlon.

5. A policeman. [Slang] Cop waste, a kind of cotton waste, composed chiefly

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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