- a police officer.
- a person who seeks to regulate a specified behavior, activity, practice, etc.: Once we have the government dictating language usage, then we'll start getting language cops.
- cop out, Slang.
- to avoid one's responsibility, the fulfillment of a promise, etc.; renege; back out (often followed by on or of): He never copped out on a friend in need. You agreed to go, and you can't cop out now.
- cop a plea.
- cop a plea, Slang.
- to plead guilty or confess in return for receiving a lighter sentence.
- to plead guilty to a lesser charge as a means of bargaining one's way out of standing trial for a more serious charge; plea-bargain.
- a conical mass of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a spindle.
- the top or tip of something, as the crest of a hill.
- copper.
- copyright; copyrighted.
- Copernican.
- Coptic.
- another name for policeman
- an arrest (esp in the phrase a fair cop)
- an instance of plagiarism
- to seize or catch
- to steal
- to buy, steal, or otherwise obtain (illegal drugs)
- to suffer (a punishment)
- cop it sweet Australian slang
- to accept a penalty without complaint
- to have good fortune
- a conical roll of thread wound on a spindle
- the top or crest, as of a hill
- worth or value
- Certificate of Proficiency: a pass in a university subject
