cop
$ \mathrm{cop}^1 |käp| informal
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noun
…をつかまえる
e.g. he was copped for speeding.
…を招く
e.g. the team's captain copped most of the blame.
…を手に入れる, 取り入れる
e.g. she copped an award for her role in the film.
…を盗む
e.g. he watched her cop a pair of earrings and then nabbed her at the door.
e.g. he copped some hash for me.
e.g. I copped an attitude—I acted real tough.
PHRASES
informal fondle someone sexually, especially in a surreptitious way or without their permission.
usually in imperative British informal take hold of: e.g. cop hold of the suitcase, I'm off.
1. get into trouble:
e.g. will you cop it from your dad if you get back late?
2. be killed:
e.g. he almost copped it in a horrific accident.
informal used to refer to a police interrogation technique in which one officer feigns a sympathetic or protective attitude while another adopts an aggressive approach:
e.g. they'll bring you into the station and play good cop, bad cop with you
e.g. figurative : a Jekyll and Hyde CEO is good cop, bad cop rolled into one expensive suit.
PHRASAL VERBS
informal avoid doing something that one ought to do:
e.g. he copped out at the last moment.
US informal accept or admit to: e.g. there are a lot of people who don't cop to their past.
ORIGIN
$ \mathrm{cop}^2 |käp|
noun
ORIGIN