COP : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: COP	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for COP
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cop n uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig] v take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" [syn: hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom] take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" Synonym(s): collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cop \Cop\ (k[ocr]p), n. [AS. cop; cf. G. kopf head. Cf. {Cup}, {Cob}.] 1. The top of a thing; the head; a crest. [Obs.] Cop they used to call The tops of many hills. --Drayton. 2. A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc. 3. A tube or quill upon which silk is wound. 4. (Mil. Arch.) Same as {Merlon}. 5. A policeman. [Slang] {Cop waste}, a kind of cotton waste, composed chiefly of remnants of cops from which the greater part of the yarn has been unwound.