A1verb · transitive · common

cop

cop · cops · copped · copping

заарештувати, арештувати, заарештовувати

остановить, задержать, задерживать

verhaften, festnehmen, arretieren

To capture or arrest someoneTo capture or arrest someone.

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UK/kɒp/US/kɑp/

» I used to be a cop.

Ich war früher Polizist.

Ich war mal ein Bulle.

Я колись був поліцейським.

Я колись був копом.

Meaning

9 senses

(dated, informal, transitive)To capture or arrest someone.
(informal, transitive)To obtain, to purchase (items including but not limited to drugs), to get hold of, to take.
(transitive)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.
(slang, transitive)To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
(transitive)To steal.
(transitive)To adopt.
No need to cop a 'tude with me, junior.
(intransitive, slang, usually)To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing.
I already copped to the murder. What else do you want from me?
Harold copped to being known as "Dirty Harry".
(slang, transitive)To recruit a prostitute into the stable.
take into custody
(slang, transitive)To take (a look, glance, etc.).
Cop an eyeful of this!
erlangen, holen
схвати́тьsxvatítʹ
take by theft

Examples

900 sentences

I used to be a cop.
Я колись був поліцейським.
deIch war früher Polizist.
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Did Tom tell the cops what happened?
Том розказав поліції, що трапилося?
ruТом сказал полицейским, что произошло?
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Tom is going to call the cops.
Том викличе поліцію.
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How did you get to be a cop?
Як ти став поліцейським?
ruКак ты стал копом?
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Are you some kind of cop?
Ти коп, або щось таке?
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Translations

3 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to capture, to take (informal):

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to capture, to take (informal):

Origin

Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *coppen, *copen, from Old English copian (“to plund

Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *coppen, *copen, from Old English copian (“to plunder; pillage; steal”); or possibly from Middle French caper (“to capture”), from Latin capiō (“to seize, grasp”); or possibly from Dutch kapen (“to seize, hijack”), from Old Frisian kāpia (“to buy”), whence West Frisian keapje, Saterland Frisian koopje, North Frisian koopi, kuupe. Compare also Middle English copen (“to buy”), from Middle Dutch copen.

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