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cop
noun
an
informal
word
for
a
police
officer
•
A
cop
directed
traffic
after
the
accident
.
A
cop
directed
traffic
after
the
accident
.
•
They
asked
a
passing
cop
for
directions
to
the
museum
.
They
asked
a
passing
cop
for
directions
to
the
museum
.
Late
18th-century
American
slang
,
likely
from
the
verb
“
to
cop
”
meaning
“
to
seize
or
capture
,”
itself
from
Middle
French
“
caper
” (
to
seize
).
verb
-
cop
,
copping
,
cops
,
copped
to
quickly
get
,
obtain
,
or
buy
something
,
especially
something
desirable
or
in
short
supply
•
She
managed
to
cop
front-row
concert
tickets
.
She
managed
to
cop
front-row
concert
tickets
.
•
We
should
leave
early
if
we
want
to
cop
a
good
table
.
We
should
leave
early
if
we
want
to
cop
a
good
table
.
Slang
extension
of
the
older
verb
“
to
cop
”
meaning
“
to
seize
or
capture
.”
noun
a
cone-shaped
roll
that
thread
or
yarn
is
wound
around
during
weaving
•
The
weaver
replaced
the
empty
cop
with
a
full
one
.
The
weaver
replaced
the
empty
cop
with
a
full
one
.
•
Each
cop
holds
several
meters
of
fine
silk
thread
.
Each
cop
holds
several
meters
of
fine
silk
thread
.
Late
Middle
English
,
from
Old
French
“
cope
”
meaning
“
rounded
mass
,”
later
applied
to
the
shape
of
wound
yarn
.
cop to
verb
-
cop
to
,
copping
to
,
cops
to
,
copped
to
to
admit
or
confess
that
you
did
something
wrong
•
He
finally
copped
to
taking
the
money
.
He
finally
copped to
taking
the
money
.
•
She
refused
to
cop
to
cheating
on
the
test
.
She
refused
to
cop to
cheating
on
the
test
.
Early
20th-century
American
slang
,
extending
the
sense
of
“
seize
”
to
“
seize
ownership
of
wrongdoing
,”
hence
“
admit
.”