copnoun
uk/kɒp/us/kɑːp/cop noun (POLICE)
[ C ] UK informal also copper informal a police officer :
Quick, run - there's a cop coming!
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People who work for the police service
- bobby
- cadet
- chaperone
- chief constable
- constable
- DCI
- G-man
- inspector
- Mountie
- nark
- officer
- outrider
- patrol officer
- patrolman
- policeman
- policewoman
- prefect
- sepoy
- sergeant
- trooper
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cop noun (QUALITY)
not much cop UK informal
not very good:
His last book wasn't much cop.
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Not good enough
- be not on idiom
- beneath
- deficient
- indefensible
- inexcusable
- lame
- leave
- never
- on
- palm
- palm sb off with sth
- sad
- second-rate
- substandard
- unacceptable
- unacceptably
- unsatisfactory
- unsatisfying
- unsound
- weak
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cop noun (CRIME)
[ S ] UK → it's a fair cop
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Justice and fairness
- a fair crack of the whip idiom
- all's fair in love and war idiom
- an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) idiom
- balanced
- by rights idiom
- even-handed
- eye
- fair
- fair go
- fair-minded
- fairly
- fairness
- fear
- law
- poetic justice
- pound of flesh idiom
- reap what you have sown idiom
- term
- there's one law for the rich and another for the poor idiom
- without fear or favour idiom
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copverb [ T ]
uk/kɒp/us/kɑːp/-pp-cop verb [ T ] (CRIME)
UK slang to arrest someone for a crime:
He was copped for driving without a licence last week.
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Arresting & charging
- apprehend
- apprehension
- arrest
- assist
- attachment
- charge
- charge sheet
- hold
- house arrest
- knock
- lag
- Miranda
- nab
- pull sb in
- run
- run sb in
- take sb in
- the knock at/on the door idiom
- tighten
- tighten the net idiom
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cop verb [ T ] (TAKE)
UK informal to take or hold:
Cop (hold of) that, would you - I can't carry both myself.
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Capturing or taking possession of things
- -grabbing
- apprehend
- apprehension
- arrogate
- at bay idiom
- bag
- cage
- capture
- catch
- collar
- corner
- get your claws into sb idiom
- get/lay/put your hands on sb idiom
- grab
- grasp at sth
- seize
- sequester
- snag
- snatch
- snatch at sth
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Idiom(s)
cop a feel
cop a plea
cop it
Phrasal verb(s)
cop off
cop out