{
    "term": "cop",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a police officer",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Somebody call the cops!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "children playing **cops and robbers**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a TV cop show"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lots of children play cops and robbers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Penn stars as a rookie cop out to prove himself."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film is based on the true story of a New York cop."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The star was stopped by traffic cops on Friday night."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Law and justice"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used by somebody who is caught doing something wrong, to say that they admit that they are wrong",
            "labels": "(British English, informal, humorous)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not very good",
            "labels": "(British English, slang)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's not much cop as a singer."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kɒp/",
                "audio": "co/cop/cop__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kɑːp/",
                "audio": "co/cop/cop__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 18th cent. (as a verb): perhaps from obsolete cap ‘arrest’, from Old French caper ‘seize’, from Latin capere. The noun is from copper ‘police officer’."
}