# cops

Pronunciation: say "KOPS" US /kɑps/, UK /kɒps/, AUS /kɔps/

## Noun

1. Plural of cop. — plural of cop
   - Simple: Plural of cop. Use this form when you mean more than one cop.
   - _Several cops were called in to break up the fight._
   - _Off-duty cops sometimes work as security guards on weekends._
2. The police, considered together as one collective body rather than as separate officers. *(slang)*
   - Simple: The police, thought of together as one large group.
   - _The cops cracked down hard on the neighborhood's drug trade._
   - _When the alarm went off, the cops were there in minutes._
4. The connecting crook that joins the sections of a harrow, the tool dragged across plowed ground to break up soil. *(dialectal, UK)*
   - Simple: A bent hook that connects the parts of a harrow, a farm tool for breaking up soil.
   - _The blacksmith forged new cops to repair the harrow before the spring planting._
   - _Over the seasons, the cops on the old harrow had worked loose._

## Verb

3. Third-person singular simple present of cop. — third-person singular simple present indicative of cop
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of cop. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _He cops an attitude the moment anyone criticizes his work._
   - _She often cops the best seat before the others arrive._

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