cop

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

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