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COP  (in New Zealand) 
  abbrev. for Certificate of Proficiency: a pass in a university subject 

cop [1] 
Slang 
  n 
1  another name for  →  policeman 
2  (Brit) an arrest (esp. in the phrase a fair cop) 
3 an instance of plagiarism 
  vb , cops, copping, copped tr 
4 to seize or catch 
5 to steal 
6 to buy, steal, or otherwise obtain (illegal drugs) 
 Compare  →  score  →  26 
7  (Also)  cop it to suffer (a punishment) 
you'll cop a clout if you do that!  
8 ♦ cop it sweet  (Austral) 
slang 
a to accept a penalty without complaint 
b to have good fortune, (See also)   →  cop out 
  (C18: (vb) perhaps from obsolete cap to arrest, from Old French caper to seize; sense 1, back formation from copper2) 
cop [2] 
  n 
1 a conical roll of thread wound on a spindle 
2 Now chiefly dialect the top or crest, as of a hill 
  (Old English cop, copp top, summit, of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Old English copp cup) 
cop [3] 
  n  (Brit) 
slang usually used with a negative worth or value 
that work is not much cop  
  (C19: n use of cop1 (in the sense: to catch, hence something caught, something of value)) 
cop out Slang 
  vb 
1 intr, adv to fail to assume responsibility or to commit oneself 
  n 
♦  cop-out 
2 an instance of avoiding responsibility or commitment 
3 a person who acts in this way 
  (C20: probably from cop1) 
silent cop 
  n  (Austral) 
informal a small hemispherical traffic marker at an intersection 
traffic cop 
  n 
Informal a policeman who supervises road traffic 



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