cop

Etymology 1
. Perhaps from, , from ; or possibly from , from ; or possibly from , from , whence 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Compare also 🇨🇬, from 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To obtain, to purchase (items including but not limited to drugs), to get hold of, to take.
 * 2)  To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
 * 3)  To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
 * 4)  To steal.
 * 5)  To adopt.
 * 6)  To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing.
 * 7)  Of a pimp: to recruit a prostitute into the stable.
 * 1)  To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
 * 2)  To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
 * 3)  To steal.
 * 4)  To adopt.
 * 5)  To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing.
 * 6)  Of a pimp: to recruit a prostitute into the stable.
 * 1)  To steal.
 * 2)  To adopt.
 * 3)  To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing.
 * 4)  Of a pimp: to recruit a prostitute into the stable.
 * 1)  To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing.
 * 2)  Of a pimp: to recruit a prostitute into the stable.
 * 1)  Of a pimp: to recruit a prostitute into the stable.
 * 1)  Of a pimp: to recruit a prostitute into the stable.
 * 1)  Of a pimp: to recruit a prostitute into the stable.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Russian:

Etymology 2
Short for, itself from the verb above, in reference to arresting criminals.

Noun

 * 1)  A police officer or prison guard.

Usage notes

 * Originally a slang term, but now in general use, including by journalists and police. Terms like police officer are generally considered more respectful.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Belarusian: мент, більдзю́га
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᏗᏓᏂᏱᏍᎩ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish: panser, strisser, strømer
 * Dutch:, , , ,
 * Esperanto: policano, policanino, , policistino , sbiro , sbirino , policistaĉo , policistinaĉo
 * Estonian: ment, pollar, võmm, kardavoi,, miilits
 * Finnish:, , , ,
 * French:, , ,
 * German:, , , , ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hebrew:, שוטרת
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: piedipiatti,, , , , , sbirra
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: цајкан, џандар
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: purk
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:,  , ,  ,  ,  ,
 * Sicilian: zaffu
 * Slovak:, hekáč
 * Spanish:, , , , , pitufa ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: פּאָליציאַנט, פּאָליציאַנטקע

Etymology 3
From, from , as in , from , from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬,. More at.

Noun

 * 1)   A spider.

Etymology 4
From, , from , , from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
 * 2)  The top, summit, especially of a hill.
 * 3)  The crown (of the head); also the head itself.
 * 4) A roughly dome-shaped piece of armor, especially one covering the shoulder, the elbow, or the knee.
 * 5) A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
 * 6)  A merlon.
 * 1) A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
 * 2)  A merlon.
 * 1) A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
 * 2)  A merlon.
 * 1)  A merlon.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) basket

Etymology 1
, from, from earlier.

Noun

 * 1) hit, blow, strike
 * 2) time, occasion

Etymology 2
Per GDLC, possibly from, with influence from. . In some senses (e.g. "snowflake"), influenced by.

Noun

 * 1)  large cup; bowl
 * 2)  former dry measure
 * 3) snowflake
 * 4) heart of a cabbage
 * 5) upper part of a tree trunk
 * 6)  catch bag
 * 7)  skein

Etymology
From clipping of.

Verb

 * 1)  to copy; to plagiarise

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) braid

Noun

 * 1)  a friend, a pal
 * 2)  cop police officer

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) summit (of a mountain or hill)
 * 2) top, tip, topmost part
 * 3) top of the head, crown
 * 4) head

Etymology
From, borrowed from either or , both meaning "top," from.

Noun

 * 1) foam, froth

Verb

 * 1) capsize
 * 2) pour out, tip out
 * 3) foam, froth

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) braid

Noun

 * 1) hoe tool

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  spider

Usage notes
No longer found as an independent word, cop is now used as an element in other words for "spider", such as ', ' and  and derived terms.