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    cop

    verb
    verb
    BrE BrE//kɒp//
    ; NAmE NAmE//kɑːp//
    (informal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they cop
    BrE BrE//kɒp//
    ; NAmE NAmE//kɑːp//
     he / she / it cops
    BrE BrE//kɒps//
    ; NAmE NAmE//kɑːps//
     past simple copped
    BrE BrE//kɒpt//
    ; NAmE NAmE//kɑːpt//
     past participle copped
    BrE BrE//kɒpt//
    ; NAmE NAmE//kɑːpt//
     -ing form copping
    BrE BrE//ˈkɒpɪŋ//
    ; NAmE NAmE//ˈkɑːpɪŋ//
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  1. 1cop something to receive or suffer something unpleasant He copped all the hassle after the accident.
  2. 2cop something to notice something Cop a load of this! (= Listen to this)
    3.  Word Originearly 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’.Idioms
    cop hold of something
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    (British English, informal) to take hold of something
      cop it (British English, slang)
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    1. 1to be punished
    2. 2to be killed
    cop a plea
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    (North American English, informal) to admit in court to being guilty of a small crime in the hope of receiving less severe punishment for a more serious crime compare plea bargaining     Phrasal Verbscop offcop out
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