| 单词 | cop |
| 释义 | cop (once / 828 pages) 1n 2v 3v A cop is a police officer. If you realize you're speeding in a school zone, you might look around nervously, hoping you won't see a cop. Cop is an informal, somewhat derogatory word for a police officer. When it's a verb, it means "to steal" or to "strike an attitude." An angry cop might say to a young troublemaker, "Hey, don't cop an attitude with me!" In the US, a legal defendant can also "cop a plea," or agree to a plea bargain. The earliest meaning of cop was "to catch," probably from the Latin capere, "to take." WORD FAMILYcop: copped, copping, cops USAGE EXAMPLESWe need to free ourselves from the fantasy that we are world saviors or even successful cops. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) “I thought, My God, you’re responsible for killing cops, and here you are laughing?” New York Times(Jan 12, 2012) Mendieta is a classic pulp detective: hapless, tough and driven, kind of corrupt but the only cop around not on the cartel’s payroll. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1 n uncomplimentary terms for a policeman 2Syn|Hyper bull, copper, fuzz, pig officer, police officer, policeman a member of a police force v take by theft 3Syn|Hyper glom, hook, knock off, snitch, thieve steal take without the owner's consent v take into custody Syn|Hyper apprehend, arrest, collar, nab, nail, pick up clutch, prehend, seize take hold of; grab |
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