cop

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /kɒp/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /kɑp/

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Noun

Singular cop

Plural cops

1. (slang) A cop is a police officer.

   The cop cited the driver for speeding.

Synonyms

• police officer

Verb

Plain form cop

Third-person singular cops

Past tense copped

Past participle copped

Present participle copping

1. (informal) If someone cops someone else or something, they capture them; they take them.
2. (slang) (intransitive) If someone cops to a crime, they admit to doing it; they confess.

Related words

• cop on
• cop off
• cop out / cop-out