copper
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- noun
- /ˈkɒp.ə/
- Slang
- Get back, coppers!
- copper on the beat
- call the copper
- the copper said
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Watch on YouTubeIf we can't send a copper into that area, then something's not right.
- If we can't send a copper into that area, then something's not right.
- Imagine how copper came in and was there like right, you're necked.
- And he was the one copper in Essex who was dealing with the Bernie Burns murder.
- But back then you were judged on your ability as a young copper if you wanted to get in, in the CID, in particular on informants.
- He took out eight coppers and two of them left the actual police.
- How do I Hi, this question is for the Wall Street copper.
- One at last one career soldier X copper.
- Well, this copper just sold the job to me, the idea of it.
Examples
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The copper quickly arrived at the scene after the call was made to the station.
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But listen, copper, I can tell you give up.
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Well, this copper just sold the job to me, the idea of it.
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"Sorry, Miss," said the copper at the station, "afraid I'm going to have to formally charge you."
Fiction book (1994) -
You'll never take me alive, copper. - Oh, alright then.
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If we can't send a copper into that area, then something's not right.
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I know you're finding your feet, and your father was a good copper, but there's a hierarchy in the police, love.
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But back then you were judged on your ability as a young copper if you wanted to get in, in the CID, in particular on informants.
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I saw a copper directing traffic during the busy rush hour in the city.
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The copper questioned the witnesses about what they saw at the crime scene.
Synonyms
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A person who works for the police
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A person who works for the police and enforces the law
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A police officer who investigates crimes and finds out what happened
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A person who keeps people safe and stops crime
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A man whose job is to keep people safe and enforce laws
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A police officer of low rank who works in local communities
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A police officer who walks around an area to keep people safe
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An insulting name for a police officer used in anger
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An informal name for a police officer
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A rude slang name for a police officer
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A person who works as a police officer in Britain
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A low-ranking person who enforces the law and helps people
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A British slang word for a police officer
Antonyms
Compounds
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A bright blue salt used to kill fungus on plants and for simple lab work
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A form of impure copper with a black, bumpy surface caused by trapped gas when it is melted
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A yellow shiny mineral that contains copper and iron and people mine it for copper
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A metal made mostly of copper mixed with other metals like tin or zinc
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A small copper-colored butterfly that visits wildflowers in fields and gardens
A sea fish with a copper-coloured body that lives near the Pacific coast of North America
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A sheet of copper fixed to a ship's bottom to stop barnacles and sea life
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember copper for a police officer is to link it to the short word cop, which may come from the verb 'to seize', so a 'copper' is someone who catches or arrests people.