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See also: còps
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
cops
- plural of cop
- (slang, with the) The police, considered as a group entity.
- 1906, Horatio Alger, Joe the Hotel Boy
- "Maybe he'll git the cops after you, Jack." "I'll watch out fer dat, Nick, an' you must watch out too," answered Jack Sagger.
- 1976, Jacques Levy; Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Hurricane”, in Desire, performed by Bob Dylan:
- I saw them leaving,” he says, and he stops / “One of us had better call up the cops” / And so Patty calls the cops / And they arrive on the scene
- 1906, Horatio Alger, Joe the Hotel Boy
Translations[edit]
law enforcement
Verb[edit]
cops
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cop
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
cops
- (UK, dialect) The connecting crook of a harrow.
- 1807, The complete farmer: or, a general dictionary of husbandry
- It is almost needless to say, that the true point of draught should be exactly in the centre notch of the cops […]
- 1807, The complete farmer: or, a general dictionary of husbandry
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Catalan[edit]
Noun[edit]
cops
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
cops m
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