Meaning of COP
| Pronunciation: | | kâp
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- [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!"
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| | Synonyms: | | apprehend, arrest, bull, collar, copper, fuzz, glom, hook, knock off, nab, nail, pick up, pig, snitch, thieve |
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| | See Also: | | clutch, officer, police officer, policeman, prehend, seize, steal | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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