• activ8r@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    It is short for copper, but not the metal.
    “To cop” means “to arrest or detain” someone. So a “copper” is someone who cops people.

    You may be familiar with the phrase “that’s a fair cop”. Which would be an admission that the arrest is fair.