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cop
informal A police officer. A couple of cops came in asking questions this morning. Is everything all right? I always wanted to be a cop when I was a kid. Somebody, call the cops—that woman was just robbed!
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cop
1. tv. to take or steal something. (Originally underworld.) Somebody copped the statue from the town square.
2. n. a theft. (Underworld.) They pulled the cop in broad daylight.
3. n. a police officer. (From sense 1) The cop wasn’t in any mood to put up with any monkey business.
4. tv. to arrest someone. (see also copped.) They copped Sam with the evidence right on him.
5. n. an arrest. It was a smooth cop. No muss, no fuss.
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- be like the Keystone Kops
- be not much cop
- beat cop
- bent cop
- catch some Zs
- Cheese it the cops!
- cheese it, the cops
- cheese it-the cops!
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- copped
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- it's a fair cop
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- Keystone Kops
- like the Keystone Kops
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- on the take
- rent-a-cop