| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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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: | 1. Slang. To obtain possession or control of: capture, gain, get, take, win. See GET. 2. 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. Idioms: make (or walk) off with. See CRIMES, GIVE. | | 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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