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copping Definition


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cop1
noun
    slang:
    1. A policeman.
    2. An arrest.
verb copped, copping
    1. To catch.
    2. To grab; to seize.
    3. To suffer (a punishment, etc).
Idiom: cop it
    slang
    To be punished.
Idiom: not much cop
    colloq
    Having little use or interest.
Etymology: 18c: from French caper to seize.

Phrasal Verb: cop out
    To avoid a responsibility; to escape.


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