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cop

UK/kɒp/ US/kɑp/ common informal slang uk
noun (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

verb

1.

take by theft

  • “Someone snitched my wallet!”
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2.

abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons

  • “Catholics sometimes fast during Lent”
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Origin

Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *coppen, *copen, from Old English copian (“to plunder; pillage; steal”); or possibly from Middle French caper (“to capture”), from Latin capiō (“to seize, grasp”); or possibly from Dutch kapen (“to seize, hijack”), from Old Frisian kāpia (“to buy”), whence West Frisian keapje, Saterland Frisian koopje, North Frisian koopi, kuupe. Compare also Middle English copen (“to buy”), from Middle Dutch copen.

Phrases

  • check cop
  • cop a feel
  • cop a load of
  • cop a plea
  • cop and blow
  • cop it
  • cop off
  • cop off with
  • cop on
  • not much cop

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