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1. Uncomplimentary term for a policeman
   - bull, copper [Brit], pig, rozzer [Brit]

1. Take by theft
   "Someone copped my wallet!";
   - hook, snitch, thieve, knock off, glom
    
2. Take into custody
   "the police copped the suspected criminals";
   - collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, pinch [Brit], nick [Brit]
    
3. [N. Amer] Admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
   - make a clean breast of, own up, fess up, own, come clean, cop to [N. Amer], fess

Sounds like: kop

Derived forms: copped, copping, cops

Type of: clutch, concede, confess, officer, police officer, policeman, prehend [archaic], profess, seize, steal

Encyclopedia: Cop