cop to
phrasal verb
copped to; copping to; cops to
US slang
: to admit to doing (something)
He agreed to cop to a misdemeanor.
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This true-crime series unpacks the 1990 robbery of Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum by two men who posed as cops to con their way into stealing a fortune.
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2025
In February 2019, Hernandez copped to nine federal counts after his racketeering arrest in November 2018 stemming from his involvement in the Nine Trey Bloods gang.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
Now People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive, Zach is still humble enough to recognize Zoe and cop to his bad behavior in ghosting her.
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
The order directed those cops to revert to their command of record by last Friday.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2025
In February 2019, Hernandez copped to nine federal counts after his racketeering arrest in November 2018 stemming from his involvement in the Nine Trey Bloods gang.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
Now People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive, Zach is still humble enough to recognize Zoe and cop to his bad behavior in ghosting her.
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
The order directed those cops to revert to their command of record by last Friday.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Cop to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cop%20to. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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