Collins English-English Dictionary

cop [kɑp]

1. 1. n another name for policeman

2. 2. vt. cop it to suffer (a punishment)

   you'll cop a clout if you do that!

3. 3. n [slang] [Brit] an arrest (esp in the phrase a fair cop)

4. 4. n an instance of plagiarism

5. 5. vt. [tr] to seize or catch

6. 6. vt. to steal

7. 7. vt. to buy, steal, or otherwise obtain (illegal drugs) - Compare score

8. 8. vt. See also cop off cop out

9. 9. vt. [Etymology] C18: (vb) perhaps from obsolete cap to arrest, from Old French caper to seize; sense 1, back formation from copper²

cop [kɑp]

1. 1. n a conical roll of thread wound on a spindle

2. 2. n [now chiefly dialect] the top or crest, as of a hill

3. 3. n [Etymology] Old English cop, copp top, summit, of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Old English copp cup

cop [kɑp]

1. 1. n [Brit] [slang] [usually used with a negative] worth or value

   that work is not much cop

2. 2. n [Etymology] C19: n use of cop¹ (in the sense: to catch, hence something caught, something of value)