26984 words

cops

6 definitions • 8 examples
1
a

Examples:

Quick, run - there's a cop coming!
She threatened to call the cops.
2
to arrest someone for a crime:

Examples:

be copped for He was copped for driving without a licence last week.
3
to receive or obtain something:

Examples:

She copped an Emmy award last year for her performance.
He seems to have copped the blame for the whole mess.
They somehow manage to find the money to cop drugs.
4
to take or hold:

Examples:

cop hold of Cop hold of that, would you - I can't carry both myself.
5
abbreviation for close of play: the end of the working day or the business day:

Examples:

She is working on a specification which she is hoping to have posted before COP today.

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