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View definitions for copped

copped

verb as in apprehend

verb as in lift

verb as in nab

verb as in pinch

verb as in swipe

verb as in bust

verb as in collar

verb as in filch

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Example Sentences

A lone man, an outsider — in this case a retired Chicago cop — is drawn into an obsessive quest to find a young person who has disappeared in a small Irish mountain town.

I think they should wear their names in tall letters so that we can not have to use facial recognition on cops to try to figure out who they are.

I think they need more help, they need more assistance…there are unethical cops.

This has resulted in me being the "bad cop" while my husband gets to be the "good cop."

The ad cops a tactic from Michael Steele's 2006 race for Senate in Maryland, predicting that Republicans will accuse Warnock of “hating puppies,” then showing him cuddling a dog.

The judges noted that he told one of the officers he had “copped some lumber.”

Beck copped to resetting the computer system, and was fired.

A string of former city vendors, subcontractors and administration insiders, who had all copped pleas, testified to the bribes.

Big banks have copped to heinous crimes that have cost citizens billions of dollars.

JPMorgan asset advisors have copped to giving misleading, pocket-lining advice.

I'm willing to grant that it might not have been they who copped Massey, but I can't think of anything else.

I got my despatch soon afterwards and returned with it to the General, who was spending the night at Copped Hall.

Waited for me and copped me on the topper as I came around the corner.

He copped me dough and sent me down here and told me to work off my mad on you.

He was leading a rush of his section in fine style, when he ‘copped a packet.’

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On this page you'll find 923 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to copped, such as: bust, capture, seize, bag, collar, and cop.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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