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Cop
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English
Noun
Etymology
short for copper,because early NYPD outfits had copper buttons
- (slang) Police officer.
Translations
- poliš m, hekáč m
Verb
Etymology
cop, verb from capere, Latin and Old French capere: to capture.
- Used colloquially to take, especially fraudulently, as in "copping a plea" (referring to a felon taking the offer of prosecutors to reduced charges, pleading guilty to a misdemeanor, saving the government the inconvenience and expense of a trial).
Slovak
Noun
- cop m, copy pl
- cop stem
- declension pattern dub
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