cop

Example Sentences

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Reflecting on filming the series, Locatelli told the Table Manners podcast: "I think I was a bad cop. I'm strict. Strict about cleanliness and organisation. Those little skills that you teach them slowly."

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

“I’m proud to be a cop. But we’re not your enemy. We’re here to serve. We have our issues and we can address them,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

"I was a really good cop. I was a really good cop and I was a really good leader," Melissa Williams, 48, told KDVR's Problem Solvers team.

From Fox News • Jan. 25, 2022

“No, he wasn’t. Twenty-six years on the police force, he was not a crooked cop. You would think if he was, it would have come out.”

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2021

“Get a cop. There’s never a cop when you need one.”

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes