cop
pronunciation
How to pronounce cop in British English:
UK [kɒp]
How to pronounce cop in American English:
US [kɑːp]
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- Noun:
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
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- Verb:
- take by theft
- take into custody
Word Origin
- cop (v.)
- 1704, northern British dialect, "to seize, to catch," perhaps ultimately from Middle French caper "seize, to take," from Latin capere "to take" (see capable); or from Dutch kapen "to take," from Old Frisian capia "to buy," which is related to Old English ceapian (see cheap). Related: Copped; copping.
- cop (n.)
- "policeman," 1859, abbreviation of earlier copper (n.2), 1846, from cop (v.).
Example
- 1. Other countries don 't love us being the world 's cop , " says bremmer . "
- 2. All you vampire cop fans can go netflix angel .
- 3. The guy thinks for a second and says , " last week my wife ran off with a cop . I was afraid you were trying to give her back . "
- 4. He became a meeting cop .
- 5. We demanded an explanation from good cop .