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cop
verb- to obtain, to take or to purchase something, especially drugs US, 1867
- Slicker Morrie made more dames and copped more cherries than any lad in the history of Louisa Nolan’s dance hall. — James T. Farrell, Saturday Night, p. 30, 1947
- Now cop a walk, you’re screwing our game. — Irving Shulman, The Amboy Dukes, p. 54, 1947
- He had gotten nicked too, and it gave him a good excuse to cop a day off now and then. — Mickey Spillane, One Lonely Night, p. 63, 1951
- “Get ready to cop,” I said, and dropped the caps into his hands. — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 56, 1953
- Now all the Cats are out to cop the Chicks[.] — Dan Burley, Diggeth Thou?, p. 5, 1959
- You’re out here to pull them tricks and cop that bread, dig? — Clarence Cooper Jr, The Scene, p. 10, 1960
- One night “Mel Torme” didn’t show up and the guys had me do a few tunes and I copped the gig. — Babs Gonzales, I Paid My Dues, p. 23, 1967
- [T]his is the way they have been living for months, for years, some of them, across America and back, on the bus, down to the Rat lands of Mexico and back, sailing like gypsies along the Servicenter fringes, copping urinations[.] — Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, p. 16, 1968
- He would know where to cop “C,” [cocaine], and probably gangster [marijuana] for the runt. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Pimp, p. 126, 1969
- I discovered where pot was easily obtained and copped steadily from then on. — Herbert Huncke, The Evening Sun Turned Crimson, p. 28, 1980
- I remember when there wasn’t one album you had to cop; there was ten. — Hip-Hop Connection, p. 38, July 2002
- to seduce someone, to have sex with someone US, 1965
- I played stickball, marbles, and Johnny-on-the-Pony, copped girls’ drawers and blew pot. — Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets, p. 13, 1967
- A pimp brought a girl to me and said he’d copped her–which means he’s gotten her to join his group. — Susan Hall, Ladies of the Night, p. 165, 1973
- Copped regular after that. Her desk, Kleinfeld’s desk, broom closet, even on the washbasin. — Edwin Torres, After Hours, p. 220, 1979
- Billy Woods, like most of the dudes in and around the neighborhood wanted to cop Phyllisine. — Donald Goines, The Busting Out of an Ordinary Man, p. 19, 1985
- Ey, I think Twiggy’s trying to cop with me. — Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash, The Royle Family, 1999
- to come upon someone; to catch someone out AUSTRALIA, 1933
- Wait till me brother cops yer with our crowd–knock yer bandy. — Norman Lindsay, Saturdee, p. 42, 1934
- “We’d get copped in the passage,” said Plugger. — Gavin Casey, It’s Harder for Girls, p. 27, 1941
- When the Ord’ly Officer cops you with a fag, or off your beat, / And you’d think you’d lost the war the way he tells you off a treat — Tip Kelaher, The Digger Hat and other verses, p. 23, 1942
- Strength of it was old Ma Randal copped old Randal absolutely doing a bear up in that piece’s bed. — Norman Lindsay, Halfway to Anywhere, p. 42, 1947
- — Norman Lindsay, Halfway to Anywhere, p. 67, 1947
- I copped him fair and square. He was lowerin’ the belt of ammo over the side of the platform. — J.E. MacDonnell, Sabotage!, p. 102, 1964
- — John Wynnum, Jiggin’ in the Riggin’, p. 22, 1965
- to catch sight of someone or something; look at someone or something AUSTRALIA
- It was after dark when I got there, and I was staggerin’ all over the road, when a police sergeant cops me. — Erle Cox, Out of the Silence, p. 255, 1925
- — Leonard Mann, Flesh in Armour, p. 112, 1932
- When we got there they both said “G’day, Pat” and Pat slapped the ticket in front of Stevo and said “Cop that.” — Sam Weller, Old Bastards I Have Met, p. 116, 1979
- to see something; to notice something UK
- He’ll live with any luck! Did he cop your face? — The Sweeney, p. 49, 1976
- to catch someone AUSTRALIA, 1889
- — Norman Lindsay, Saturdee, p. 30, 1934
- Your old man’s a pretty stinkin’ good runner, would have copped me if I hadn’t bunked into the furze. — Norman Lindsay, Halfway to Anywhere, p. 121, 1947
- “What convictions?” Rufe grinned. Hell, he’d only been copped the once. — Wilda Moxham, The Apprentice, p. 112, 1969
- to inform; to betray someone US, 1895
- Louis went up without copping–naming any names to have his time cut–and was respected among the population, all the homeboys up at Starke, where he met Bobby Deo. — Elmore Leonard, Riding the Rap, p. 55, 1995
- to endure something AUSTRALIA
- We can’t cop this. — Frank Hardy, The Outcasts of Foolgarah, p. 36, 1971
- I can’t cop it in here for much longer. — Ray Denning, Prison Diaries, p. 140, 1979
- When Jack Denning was a young criminal the attitude was “do the crime, cop the time.” — Donald Catchlove, Ray Denning My Life and Time, p. 16, 1994
- to take or receive a bribe UK
- “Did he cop?” means “Did he receive a gratuity (or bribe)?” — David Powis, The Signs of Crime, 1977
- to steal something AUSTRALIA
- He was good at pinching things, too. They pulled nails out of other people’s fences, knocked off the odd fourbetwo from wood heaps and even copped a shovel. — Tim Winton, Cloudstreet, p. 122, 1991
- in trainspotting, to record a train’s number UK
- I should, at this juncture, point out that while trainspotters “cop” engine numbers planespotters “make” aircraft numbers. — Iain Aitch, A Fête Worse Than Death, p. 73, 2003
- (used of a rigged carnival game) to malfunction, allowing a player to win US
- — Gene Sorrows, All About Carnivals, p. 14, 1985
▶ cop a breeze
to leave, especially without calling attention to yourself US- — Hyman E. Goldin et al., Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, p. 49, 1950
▶ cop a deaf ’un
to pretend not to hear; to deliberately not listen to, or ignore, someone UK- [T]he best thing to do is cop a deaf un to everything that’s said to you. — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 93, 1958
▶ cop a drop
to take a bribe UK
Combines COPDROP— Peter Laurie, Scotland Yard, p. 322, 1970 — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 40, 1996▶ cop a feel
to touch someone sexually without their consent US, 1935- I knew before he started copping feels what he wanted. — Antony James, America’s Homosexual Underground, p. 111, 1965
- DENOUNCE the poor Nigger male who cherishes his whiteness, and allows the Caucasian male’s “copping-a-feel” his own black wife’s ass, at a social. — Robert deCoy, The Nigger Bible, p. 132–33, 1967
- She was the only woman that I’ve ever met that I could kiss without
- copping a feel. Except for my mama and sisters, of course, and I’m not too sure about my sisters. — Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction, p. 165, 1971
- Is this what they call copping a feel? — American Graffiti, 1973
- Remember “copping a feel?” Boggie was the first. Said it was great. — Diner, 1982
- But would a company yes-man (who I suspected would never dare cop a feel unless it was written into the annual strategic plan) really risk so much to show his interest in me? — Rita Ciresi, Pink Slip, p. 85, 1999
▶ cop a heel
to leave; to run away; to escape US- Kid said, “Then cop a heel and pee.” She muttered an inaudible expletive as she gave him a filthy look and stomped away. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Long White Con, p. 20, 1977
- — M. Allen Henderson, How Con Games Work, p. 219, 1985
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 40, 1996
▶ cop a joint
to perform oral sex on a man US, 1962- — Guy Strait, The Lavendar Lexicon, 1 June 1964
- I was staying at the Y once, and this guy kept following me in the showers, wanting to cop my joint. — John Rechy, Numbers, p. 65, 1967
- [S]he smiles and says, “How about if I cop your joint instead?” — Terry Southern, Blue Movie, p. 149, 1970
- Somebody cops your joint, Kid Kilo would always say, it’s ten bills. — John Sayles, Union Dues, p. 290, 1977
- I kept my hands on my private parts, broke a boy’s arm tried to cop my joint and came out [of prison] a two hundred and five pound virgin. — Elmore Leonard, Gold Coast, p. 17, 1981
▶ cop a load
to take a look, especially to take a good look; to pay attention to something UK, 1984- You haven’t got a f**kin’ clue. Cop a load of this, the real deal, the Dead f**kin’ Kennedys, recorded live at their peak from the San Francisco Bay in pristine quality. — Kerrang!, 17 March 2001
▶ cop a minty wrapper
in horse racing, to receive a very small gratuity, or no gratuity at all, after winning a race AUSTRALIA- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 17, 1989
▶ cop a mope
to escape US- — American Speech, p. 194, October 1951: “A study of reformatory argot”
▶ cop a nod
to sleep US- — Marcus Hanna Boulware, Jive and Slang of Students in Negro Colleges, 1947
- — Robert S. Gold, A Jazz Lexicon, p. 69, 1964
▶ cop a packet- to be severely wounded UK
Originally military. - And he asks her where she’s been / She’s only thirty-five going on seventeen / She’s going to cop a packet if he ever finds her / In between the sheets — Elvis Costello (Declan McManus), ...And In Every Home, 1982
- to become infected with a sexually transmitted disease UK, 1984
- to be sentenced to preventive detention UK
Prison use. - — Paul Tempest, Lag’s Lexicon, 1950
▶ cop a plea
to enter a guilty plea to a criminal charge US, late 1920s- Only plea I ever copped cost me three years in the slams. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 10, 1975
▶ cop a pose
to adopt the posture of a fashion or shop-window mannequin UK- They are 13 and 15. “We change our clothes every 15 minutes,” says Lily, copping a pose. — The Times, p. 9, 26 April 2003
▶ cop deuces
to assume a submissive or defensive position US- — John R. Armore and Joseph D. Wolfe, Dictionary of Desperation, p. 25, 1976
▶ cop it sweet- to enjoy the situation AUSTRALIA
- She was a wild bitch but a bloody good plug. She could move all right. Not a bad cook either, that was saving wages, so he may as well cop it sweet. — Bluey, Bush Contractors, p. 185, 1975
- Copping it sweet: Taking things easy; having a quiet and pleasant day with a case of beer and a bag of prawns. — Richard Beckett, The Dinkum Aussie Dictionary, p. 16, 1986
- to receive something graciously AUSTRALIA
- A jockey or trainer may “cop it sweet” when receiving a penalty[.] — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 17, 1989
- in prison, to take punishment without complaint AUSTRALIA, 1950
- He continued to cop it sweet and did his two years for illegal possession of a lethal weapon without a word. — Criena Rohan, Down by the Dockside, p. 205, 1963
- He copped it sweet and when he was released Joe was there to meet him. — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 149, 1988
- to endure unpleasantness without complaint; to resignedly put up with something bad AUSTRALIA
- So he copped it sweet like tha mangy dog he was. — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 60, 1988
- So Davo just had to cop it sweet as they say and even though he wasn’t the type to bear a grudge he was deeply hurt–no two ways about it. — Robert G. Barrett, Davo’s Little Something, p. 6, 1992
- What would they have done in my position. Nothing. Shit themsleves and copped it sweet. — Robert G. Barrett, Davo’s Little Something, p. 211, 1992
- — Shane Maloney, Nice Try, p. 291, 1998
▶ cop on to
catch on to something; become aware of something AUSTRALIA- Sounds simple ‘nuff, doesn’t it? Yet you’d be surprised how few women can cop on to it. — Ray Lawler, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, p. 40, 1957
▶ cop the lot
to receive everything AUSTRALIA, 1911- We was helping a cocky keep the fire off his wheat and the wind turns round and our camp cops the lot. — Kylie Tennant, The Honey Flow, p. 15, 1956
- — Harvey E. Ward, Down Under Without Blunder, p. 37, 1967
- [T]his bloke came up and started picking a blue with Simmo. Christ! It was suicide! Well, anyway, he copped the lot from Simmo, as you can well imagine. — Alexander Buzo, Rooted, p. 77, 1969
- The Bitch, he decided, would surely cop the lot tomorrow. Or he would die in the attempt. — Gerald Sweeney, The Plunge, p. 49, 1981
▶ cop z’s
to sleep US, 1961- — Robert S. Gold, A Jazz Lexicon, p. 70, 1964
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