cop
Pronunciation: (kop), [key]
— copped, cop•ping.
- to catch; nab.
- to steal; filch.
- to buy (narcotics).
-
- 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.
- He never copped out on a friend in need. You agreed to go, and you can't cop out now.
- to avoid one's responsibility, the fulfillment of a promise, etc.; renege; back out (often fol. by on or of&hasp;):He never copped out on a friend in need. You agreed to go, and you can't cop out now.
- cop a plea.
cop
Pronunciation: (kop), [key]
— n. Informal.
- a police officer.
cop
Pronunciation: (kop), [key]
— n.
- a conical mass of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a spindle.
- crest; tip.
COP
— Thermodynam. Thermodynam.
- See
Cop.
- Copernican.
- Coptic.
cop.
- copper.
- copyright; copyrighted.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.