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2006-12-08 09:15:04 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Cop is a slang term for police.
2006-12-08 09:17:37 · answer #1 · answered by mario_fan81 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Around the year 1700, the slang verb cop entered English usage, meaning "to get ahold of, catch, capture."
By 1844, cop showed up in print, and soon thereafter the -er suffix was added, and a policeman became a copper, one who cops or catches and arrests criminals.
Copper first appeared in print in 1846, the use of cop as a short form copper occured in 1859.
The word 'police' stems from the Greek word 'politeia' meaning, state, administration, government.
In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales we find the word 'policie' meaning organized government, civil administration.
Later in about 1589 we find the French word 'policer' meaning to keep order.
The first recorded use in English of 'police' in specific reference to those concerned with enforcing the law and maintaining public order is found in about 1730 in Scotland.
2006-12-08 09:24:50 · answer #2 · answered by jimmaharvey 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Police
Slang: Cops, Fuzz, Pigs 50(five Oh), PoPo, ""The Man"
2006-12-08 10:26:29 · answer #3 · answered by Bobuck 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually the correct meaning of COP is Constapol on Patrol. So it is actually incorrect to call all police Cops.
2006-12-08 09:23:31 · answer #4 · answered by Julie Z 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cops is a TV show, bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Police is a process that is used to eliminate undesirable activity.
2006-12-08 09:24:07 · answer #5 · answered by Magaletso 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spelling!
Cops, fuzz, Pigs, Boys in Blue....all the same!
2006-12-08 09:19:05 · answer #6 · answered by CommanderJim 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
cop is term coind by 1920's gangsters who said it pointing out the police officers copper badge
2006-12-08 09:25:24 · answer #7 · answered by sapace monkey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
police represence the career, and cop is the identity of the career. can i define then this way?
2006-12-08 09:22:23 · answer #8 · answered by yo~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the same thing. It's like the difference between saying you're not smart or you're dumb.
2006-12-08 10:06:26 · answer #9 · answered by double D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are all the same some good, some bad, some crooked, others not
2006-12-08 09:18:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋