About The Word Cop

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Cop

Cop Meaning & Definition
Cop Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cop?

[n] (informal) uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
[v] take into custody, as of suspected criminals, by the police
[v] take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cop: apprehend | arrest | bull | collar | copper | fuzz | glom | hook | knock off | nab | nail | pick up | pig | snitch | thieve

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cop: abstract | and | annex | appropriate | bag | bluecoat | bobby | boost | borrow | bull | cabbage | clout | complex cone | cone | conelet | conoid | copper | cornet | crib | defraud | dick | Dogberry | embezzle | extort | filch | flatfoot | flattie | funnel | fuzz | gendarme | gumshoe | heat | hook | ice-cream cone | John Law | lift | make off with | man | nab | nip | officer | palm | peeler | pig | pilfer | pinch | pine cone | poach | purloin | run away with | rustle | scrounge | shamus | shoplift | snare | snatch | snitch | steal | swindle | swipe | take | the cops | the fuzz | the law | thieve | walk off with

See Also | clutch | officer | police officer | policeman | prehend | seize | steal

Cop In Webster's Dictionary

\Cop\ (k[o^]p), n. [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. --Drayton. 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.) Same as {Merlon}. 5. A policeman. [Slang] {Cop waste}, a kind of cotton waste, composed chiefly of remnants of cops from which the greater part of the yarn has been unwound.

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