cop

Example Sentences

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The department is also making less-lethal devices — such as Tasers, beanbag shotguns and foam round launchers — more readily available to officers, while limiting the number of cops who have their guns drawn.

From Los Angeles Times

The 26-year-old has copped plenty in Australia, though in that he is not alone.

From BBC

In the immediate term, America needs the equivalent of those retired cops and off-duty sheriffs from 1976—principled leaders who step up as a stopgap for the most urgent challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jack Hibbert - a beat cop just four months into the job - was hit in both the head and the shoulder but continued to help festival attendees until he physically couldn't, his family said.

From BBC

And that’s as big a compliment as I can pay to any cop show.

From Los Angeles Times