A1noun · common

cop

cop · cops

поліція, міліція

полиция, милиция

Polizei

A police officer or prison guardA police officer or prison guard.

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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

7 senses

(informal)A police officer or prison guard.
Bulle
копkop, ментment, ляга́выйljagávyj
ментment
A quill or tube upon which silk is wound.
A merlon.
(historical)A roughly dome-shaped piece of armor, especially one covering the shoulder, the elbow, or the knee.
A conical ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
(obsolete)A spider.
(obsolete)The top, summit, especially of a hill.

More definitions

uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

Examples

900 sentences

I used to be a cop.
Я колись був поліцейським. — deniko
deIch war früher Polizist. — Yorwba
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Did Tom tell the cops what happened?
Том розказав поліції, що трапилося? — deniko
ruТом сказал полицейским, что произошло? — sharptoothed
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Tom is going to call the cops.
Том викличе поліцію. — deniko
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How did you get to be a cop?
Як ти став поліцейським? — deniko
ruКак ты стал копом? — Selena777
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Are you some kind of cop?
Ти коп, або щось таке? — miketheknight
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

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Русский

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Deutsch

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Origin

Short for copper (“police officer”), itself from the verb cop (“to lay hold of”) above, in

Short for copper (“police officer”), itself from the verb cop (“to lay hold of”) above, in reference to arresting criminals. An erroneous folk etymology derives it from the acronym “Constable On Patrol” (C.O.P.).

From Middle English coppe, from Old English *coppe, as in ātorcoppe (“spider”, literally “venom head”), from Old English copp (“top, summit, head”), from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz (“vault, round vessel, head”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve”). Cognate with Middle Dutch koppe, kobbe (“spider”). More at cobweb.

From Middle English cop, coppe, from Old English cop, copp, from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz (“vault, basin, round object”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew-. Cognate with Dutch kop, German Kopf.

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