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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.

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!"

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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