cop

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

cop

past (v2)

copped

past participle (v3)

copped

present participle

copping

3rd person singular

cops

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

cops

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To obtain, to purchase (items including but not limited to drugs), to get hold of, to take.(informal)

   • Off the juice, codeine got me trippin' copped the coupe, woke up, roof is missin'..
   • Uh, copped a BMW, new deposit, I picked up another bag Like fuck it, I'ma count while I'm in it..
   • You see yourself as the kind of guy who wakes up early on Sunday morning and steps out to cop the Times and croissants.

2. 2.To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.

   • When caught, he would often cop a vicious blow from his father.
   • I take no shame to fight the lame / When they deserve to cop it.
   • I now understand that my dad didn't really have much of a father-son relationship and may have found my behaviour hard to deal with. Maybe that is why I copped a beating.

3. 3.To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.(slang)

   • You look like a cop.

4. 4.To steal.

   • You look like a cop.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A police officer or prison guard.(informal)

2. 2.A quill or tube upon which silk is wound.

3. 3.A merlon.

4. 4.A conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.

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