cops

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of cop. Use this form when you mean more than one cop.

   Two cops stood at the corner directing traffic.

   The cops arrived within minutes of the call.

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2. 2
   nounslang

   The police, thought of together as one large group.

   The cops shut down the whole street after the accident.

   Everyone scattered when the cops showed up.

   Similarpolice, fuzz

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3. 3
   verb

   Third-person singular present of cop. Use it with he, she, or it.

   He cops a free snack from the kitchen every afternoon.

   She cops the blame whenever something breaks at home.

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4. 4
   noundialectalUKcountable

   A bent hook that connects the parts of a harrow, a farm tool for breaking up soil.

   The farmer fixed the broken cops on his old harrow.

   Rust had eaten through the cops, so the harrow fell apart.

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