cop
To capture or arrest someone.
Verb 4 meanings
To capture or arrest someone.
To obtain, to purchase (items including but not limited to drugs), to get hold of, to take.
To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
“When caught, he would often cop a vicious blow from his father.”
To steal.
Noun 4 meanings
A police officer or prison guard.
A quill or tube upon which silk is wound.
A merlon.
A conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
Etymology
Uncertain.
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COP at a glance
COP has 3 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + P 3) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,731 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with cop
All rhymes- SCOP8
- SUPERCOP14
- ATTERCOP12
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