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cop
noun- a police officer US, 1859
False etymologies abound, with formation suggestions of “copper badges,” “copper buttons,” or an abbreviation of “Constable On Patrol” at the head of the unruly pack. The verb sense “to grab” leads to the verb sense “to arrest” which leads to COPPER - J. Edgard Hoover, director of the F.B.I., recently tried to enlist the help of a television program in what seems to be a campaign on the part of certain high-ranking cops to eliminate a word from the language. The word is “cop,” as a noun, in its most popular usage. — New Yorker, p. 51, 18 July 1959
- “Hagger, the cop, is out on patrol[.]” — Wal Watkins, Race the Lazy River, p. 16, 1963
- You must be Murdock and Salazar, the crooked cops. — Carl Hiaasen, Skin Tight, p. 151, 1989
- The first thing he said to me, “We are police officers.” I said, “You’re cops to me.” — Herbert Huncke, Guilty of Everything, p. 22, 1990
- You were doing good here. You did that nice short thing on the gay cop. — Anna Quindlen, One True Thing, p. 36, 1994
- Setups with regional police became routine, sparked by America’s historic phobia about “niggers with guns,” and in the aftermath, some thirty-eight Panthers were shot down by racist cops. — Mumia Abu-Jamal, Live from Death Row, p. 147, 1996
- But during the ten years I worked with the Bastone crew, I became more than just a crooked cop who turned his head for a price. — Sam Giancana, Double Deal, p. 11, 2003
- Then he suggested renting a drug-sniffing dog from a corrupt cop and checking out warehouses on the Brooklyn and New Jersey waterfront. — Greg B. Smith, Made Men, p. 81, 2003
- an arrest UK, 1844
Especially familiar in the phrase IT’S A FAIR COP. - a job or employment; a position AUSTRALIA, 1915
- It’s a pretty soft cop. The money’s good. Plenty of supper. — Alexander Buzo, Rooted, p. 40, 1969
- COP: Good job obtained by shrewdness or luck; Agreeable proposition. — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 24, 1977
- treatment; a deal AUSTRALIA
- I’ve had a rotten cop ever since I came to this flamin’ country but this beats the bloody lot! — Barry Humphries, The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie, p. 24, 1968
- Be that as it may, if I come across with this flamin’ autobiography of meself I’ll require something in the vicinity of a fair cop money-wise. — Barry Humphries, The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie, p. 56, 1968
- in carnival usage, a small prize won at a game concession US
- — Joe McKennon, Circus Lingo, p. 27, 1980
- — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 64, 1981
- winnings from gambling US, 1930
- Put that heavy cop in your mitt flat against your thigh furthest from the mark. — Iceberg Silm (Robert Beck), Trick Baby, p. 93, 1969
- a gratuity AUSTRALIA
- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 17, 1989
- a plea in a criminal case US
- The D.A. offered me a cop to a robbery charge, but I wasn’t accepting nothing. — John Allen, Assault with a Deadly Weapon, p. 120, 1977
▶ it’s a fair cop
used of a good or legal arrest; in later use, as a jocular admission of anything trivial UK, 1891- The old Ken would have stood up and said “it’s a fair cop,” or else that he didn’t do anything. — Guardian, 21 June 2002
▶ no cop; not much cop
worthless, valueless, useless UK, 1902- She’s not much cop as a singer[.] — BBCi Leicester, 17 September 2002
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