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noun

(Informal)

A member of a law-enforcement agency:

bluecoat, finest, officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, police, policeman, police officer, policewoman. (Informal) law. (Slang) bull¹, copper, flatfoot, fuzz, gendarme, heat, man (often uppercase). (Chiefly British) bobby, constable, peeler. See law

verb

(Slang)
To take (another's property) without permission:
filch, pilfer, purloin, snatch, steal, thieve. (Informal) lift, swipe. (Slang) heist, hook, nip¹, pinch, rip off, snitch. Idiom: make (or walk) off with. See crimes, give
(Slang)
To obtain possession or control of:
capture, gain, get, take, win. See get

phrasal verb
cop out

(Slang)

To abandon a former position or commitment:

back down (or out), renege, retreat. (Slang) fink out. See resist

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