cop

/kɒp/ · noun

Meaning

A spider.
To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take.
To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
(trainspotting) To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
To steal.
To adopt.
To earn by bad behavior.
(law enforcement) A police officer or prison guard.
(crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
The top, summit, especially of a hill.
The crown (of the head); also the head itself.
A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
A merlon.

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