cop

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

cop [cop cops copped copping] noun, verb BrE [kɒp] NAmE [kɑːp]
noun (informal)
a police officer
•Somebody call the cops!
•children playing cops and robbers
•a TV cop show
more at it's a fair cop at ↑fair _adj.

Word Origin:
early 18th cent. (as a verb): perhaps from obsolete cap ‘arrest’, from Old French caper ‘seize’, from Latin capere. The noun is from ↑copper ‘police officer’.

Example Bank:
•Lots of children play cops and robbers.
•Penn stars as a rookie cop out to prove himself.
•The film is based on the true story of a New York cop.
•The star was stopped by traffic cops on Friday night.
Idioms: ↑cop a plea ▪ ↑cop hold of something ▪ ↑cop it ▪ ↑not much cop
Derived: ↑cop off ▪ ↑cop out
 
verb (-pp-)(informal)
1. ~ sth to receive or suffer sth unpleasant
•He copped all the hassle after the accident.
2. ~ sth to notice sth
•Cop a load of this! (= Listen to this)
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
early 18th cent. (as a verb): perhaps from obsolete cap ‘arrest’, from Old French caper ‘seize’, from Latin capere. The noun is from ↑copper ‘police officer’.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bull, copper, fuzz, pig, collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, hook, snitch, thieve, knock off, glom