cop from

cop (something) from (someone or something)

To surreptitiously take something from someone or something. Did Lizzie really cop a fancy lipstick from the department store?
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

cop something from someone or something

Sl. to steal or swipe something from someone or something. Some thug copped my watch from me. Max copped food from a number of stores.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • cop (something) from (someone or something)
  • cop it
  • cop hold of
  • cop hold of (someone or something)
  • (someone or something) promises well
  • cop a feel
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • (have) got something going (with someone)
  • a crack at (someone or something)
  • (you) wanna make something of it?
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The comedy about a randy, foul-mouthed French Quebec cop working in tandem with an uptight English cop from Ontario has grossed $1.2 million outside of Quebec.
"Make it a monthly, please!" said Darryl Carmichael, a cop from Montana.
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Other officers had heard about COP from peers in departments that already had implemented the philosophy.