rent-a-copn.

Brit.

/ˈrɛntəkɒp/, U.S.

/ˈrɛn(t)əˌkɑp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rent v.², a adj., cop n.⁵

Etymology: < rent v.² + a adj. + cop n.⁵; compare rent v.² Compounds b.

North American. depreciative.

A security guard, esp. one hired to provide security for a particular event or situation.

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1963 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 13 Sept. 4 The phrase is ‘rent-a-cop’—applied to security guards used at the newspaper plant during the labor dispute—and now used by many people to describe men performing similar duties at hotels, office buildings and factories throughout Honolulu.

1970 Peace News 5 Sept. 7/1 One of the chief rentacops was reportedly bitten in the genitals by one of his own dogs.

1979 G. Liddy Out of Control xviii. 251 You start shooting in here, there'll be rent-a-cops with magnums all over the place.

1996 J. Díaz Drown 99 Security found us across from the bus stop, under a Jeep Cherokee... I remember that when the rent-a-cop tapped his nightstick against the fender and said, You little shits better come out here real slow, I started to cry.

2003 H. S. Thompson Kingdom of Fear ii. 82 I was kicked out of my press seat by hired rent-a-cops.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rent-a-cop
释义	rent-a-copn. Brit. /ˈrɛntəkɒp/, U.S. /ˈrɛn(t)əˌkɑp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rent v.², a adj., cop n.⁵ Etymology: < rent v.² + a adj. + cop n.⁵; compare rent v.² Compounds b. North American. depreciative. A security guard, esp. one hired to provide security for a particular event or situation. ΚΠ 1963 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 13 Sept. 4 The phrase is ‘rent-a-cop’—applied to security guards used at the newspaper plant during the labor dispute—and now used by many people to describe men performing similar duties at hotels, office buildings and factories throughout Honolulu. 1970 Peace News 5 Sept. 7/1 One of the chief rentacops was reportedly bitten in the genitals by one of his own dogs. 1979 G. Liddy Out of Control xviii. 251 You start shooting in here, there'll be rent-a-cops with magnums all over the place. 1996 J. Díaz Drown 99 Security found us across from the bus stop, under a Jeep Cherokee... I remember that when the rent-a-cop tapped his nightstick against the fender and said, You little shits better come out here real slow, I started to cry. 2003 H. S. Thompson Kingdom of Fear ii. 82 I was kicked out of my press seat by hired rent-a-cops. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1963
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