Phrase Hound found 64 phrases and 135 compound words that contain cop. The most common are listed below. Open cop in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 64
- rent-a-copA private security guard, usually one regarded as inferior to and less skilled than an actual law enforcement officer.
- cop outTo avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner.
- good cop bad copA psychological tactic used for interrogation, involving one police officer playing the role of intimidating adversary, and another that of friend with whom the subject is encouraged to bond.
- buddy copA film and television genre with plots involving two people of very different and conflicting personalities who are forced to work together to solve a crime and/or defeat criminals, sometimes learning from each other in the process.
- ninja copA police officer involved in the illicit resale of confiscated illegal drugs.
- beat copA police officer who patrols the streets on foot (walks the beat).
- cop shopA police station.
- Cop CityA neighborhood of Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia, United States A proposed development for a forested area and former prison farm which would turn it into a model neighborhood mockup for police training and police training academy
- cop-killerA person who deliberately kills an on-duty police officer.
- suicide by copA suicide in which a person points a firearm at an armed police officer to provoke them to shoot.
- Keystone CopA bungling, incompetent policeman.
- cop carA police car.
- Mow CopA village in Odd Rode parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire and Kidsgrove parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8557).
- Meols CopA neighbourhood in Southport, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SD3516).
- cop a pleaTo plead guilty to a lesser criminal charge than one had been charged with.
- fair copA justifiable or reasonable capture or apprehension; also, broadly, a just or inescapable accusation.
- net-copAlternative form of netcop: A user who attempts to enforce netiquette or other standards, especially on Usenet.
- bad copSomeone who acts in a hostile, aggressive, and intimidating manner, especially when participating in a good cop bad cop routine.
- cop numberFor a given undirected graph, the minimum number of cops that suffices to ensure a win (i.e. a capture of the robber) in a certain pursuit–evasion game on the graph.
- good copSomeone who adopts a non-threatening, sympathetic, and understanding demeanor, especially when participating in a good cop bad cop routine.
- mall copA security guard employed to provide security at a shopping mall.
- silent copAlternative form of silent policeman: A small traffic bollard in the middle of an intersection.
- time copA member of the time police.
- traffic copA police officer who enforces traffic laws and manages the traffic.
- gypsy copSynonym of wandering officer: A law enforcement officer who is fired, forced to resign, or leaves a police department under the threat of termination for misconduct, and subsequently gets hired by another law enforcement agency.
Compound words 135
- copperA reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
- coplandA piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle.
- robocopA cyborg police officer.
- coppleA crest on a bird's head.
- netcopA user who attempts to enforce netiquette or other standards, especially on Usenet.
- copagandaMedia that contains messages seen as propaganda in favor of the police.
- coppishCharacteristic of or resembling a cop (“police officer”).
- cophouseA police station.
- supercopA highly skilled and dedicated member of the police.
- coplessLacking cops; void of police.