Definizione monolingua

cop

cop (third-person singular simple present cops, present participle copping, simple past and past participle copped)

1. (transitive, formerly dialect, now informal) to obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take
   • 2005, Martin Torgoff, Cant Find My Way Home, Simon & Schuster, page 10,

     Heroin appeared on the streets of our town for the first time, and Innie watched helplessly as his sixteen-year-old brother began taking the train to Harlem to cop smack.

2. (transitive) to (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear

   When caught, he would often cop a vicious blow from his father

3. (transitive) to steal
4. (transitive) to adopt

   No need to cop an attitude with me, junior.

5. (intransitive, usually with ""to"") to admit

   Harold copped to being known as ""Dirty Harry"".

   • 2005, Elmore Leonard, Mr. Paradise, page 295:

     He shot a guy in a bar on Martin Luther King Day and copped to first-degree manslaughter

cop (plural cops)

1. (obsolete) A spider.

Definizione dizionario cop

agente

bobina

guardia

guardiano

polizia

poliziotto

sbirro

spia

Altri significati:

police officer

(transitive) To adopt.

(transitive, formerly dialect, now informal) To capture, get hold of, take.

(obsolete) The head.

(transitive) To steal.

cop (police officer)

(intransitive) (slang) to admit, especially to a crime.

(crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.

(obsolete) The top, summit, especially of a hill.

(slang, law enforcement) A police officer.

(intransitive, usually with "to") To admit.

A male police officer.

An officer of a law enforcement agency.

(obsolete) A spider.

(transitive) to receive, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.