cop
- Noun. (obsolete) A spider.
- Verb. (transitive, formerly) to obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take.
- Verb. (transitive) to (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear.
- Verb. (transitive) to steal.
- Verb. (transitive) to adopt.
- Verb. (intransitive, usually with "to") to admit.
- Noun. (slang, law enforcement) A police officer or prison guard.
- Noun. (slang, offensive) by extension any white male especially large and clean cut.
- Noun. (context, crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
- Noun. (obsolete) The top, summit, especially of a hill.
- Noun. (obsolete) The head.
- Verb. (intransitive) (slang) to admit, especially to a crime.
- Verb. (transitive) to receive, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
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