cop

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: bullcopperfuzzpighooksnitchthieveknock offglomcollarnailapprehend

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. uncomplimentary terms for a policemanSynonyms: bullcopperfuzzpig

Verb (2)

  1. take by theft“Someone snitched my wallet!”Synonyms: hooksnitchthieveknock offglom
  2. take into custody“the police nabbed the suspected criminals”Synonyms: collarnailapprehendarrestpick upnab
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Cop \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.] [1913 Webster]

Cop they used to call The tops of many hills.— Drayton.[1913 Webster]

2.A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc. [1913 Webster]

3.A tube or quill upon which silk is wound. [1913 Webster]

4.(Mil. Arch.) Same as Merlon. [1913 Webster]

5.A policeman. [Slang] [1913 Webster]

Cop waste, a kind of cotton waste, composed chiefly of remnants of cops from which the greater part of the yarn has been unwound. [1913 Webster] copacetic

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