Meaning of cop In English

• 0 a police officer :

  • Quick, run - there's a cop coming!

  • She threatened to call the cops.

• 1 to arrest someone for a crime:

  • He was copped for driving without a licence last week.

• 2 to receive or obtain something:

  • She copped an Emmy award last year for her performance.

  • He seems to have copped the blame for the whole mess.

  • They somehow manage to find the money to cop drugs.

  • Cop (hold of) that, would you - I can't carry both myself.

• 3 abbreviation for close of play: the end of the working day or the business day:

  • She is working on a specification which she is hoping to have posted before COP today.

• 4 a police officer