cop
/kɑp/
noun
- A police officer.
- A cop waved traffic through the intersection after the light went out.
- My neighbor is a cop and works the night shift in our town.
- The cop helped the lost child find her parents at the park.
verb
- To obtain or get something, often in a casual or informal way.
- He copped a new jacket from the thrift store for only ten dollars.
- Can you cop some snacks from the kitchen for the road trip?
- I managed to cop two tickets to the concert before they sold out.
- To admit to something, especially a wrongdoing; to confess.
- After hours of questioning, he finally copped to stealing the bike.
- She copped that she had forgotten to lock the door before leaving.
- The teenager copped to breaking the window with a baseball.
- To deal with or manage a difficult situation (usually in the phrase 'cop it' or 'cop out').
- If you don't finish your homework, you'll cop it from your parents.
- He tried to cop out of the meeting by pretending to be sick.
- The team copped a lot of criticism after losing the championship game.