cop

IPA: kˈɑp

(informal) A police officer or prison guard.
(obsolete) A spider.
(crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
(obsolete) The top, summit, especially of a hill.
(obsolete) The crown (of the head); also the head itself.
A roughly dome-shaped piece of armor, especially one covering the shoulder, the elbow, or the knee.
A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
(architecture, military) A merlon.
(uncountable, UK) Initialism of close of play. [(cricket) The end of a day's play.]
(law, politics) Initialism of conference of the parties; also CoP or Cop.
(military) Initialism of common operational picture.
(Ireland, medicine) Initialism of community ophthalmic physician.
Initialism of coefficient of performance.
Initialism of code of practice. [A set of guidelines and regulations to be followed by members of some profession, trade, occupation, organization etc.; does not normally have the force of law.]
Alternative letter-case form of COP (“conference of the parties”)

(transitive, formerly dialect, now informal) To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take.
(transitive) To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
(transitive, trainspotting, slang) To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
(transitive) To steal.
(transitive) To adopt.
(intransitive, usually with “to”, slang) To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing.
(transitive, slang) Of a pimp: to recruit a prostitute into the stable.

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