All copping synonyms
copΒ·ping
C c verb copping
- arrest β If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
- steal β to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force: A pickpocket stole his watch.
- apprehend β If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
- achieve β If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
- seize β to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- acquire β If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
- buy β If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.
- bereave β to deprive (of) something or someone valued, esp through death
- lose β to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- mug β a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
- strip β to cut, tear, or form into strips.
- divest β to strip of clothing, ornament, etc.: The wind divested the trees of their leaves.
- loot β spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- break into β If someone breaks into a building, they get into it by force.
- amass β If you amass something such as money or information, you gradually get a lot of it.
- earn β to gain or get in return for one's labor or service: to earn one's living.
- buy β If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.
- get β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- win β to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
- pick up β to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- bring in β When a government or organization brings in a new law or system, they introduce it.
- gain β to make a gain or gains in.
- have β Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- collect β If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
- promote β to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- achieve β If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- capture β If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
- bust β a raid, search, or arrest by the police
- seize β to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- misappropriate β to put to a wrong use.
- borrow β If you borrow something that belongs to someone else, you take it or use it for a period of time, usually with their permission.
- confiscate β If you confiscate something from someone, you take it away from them, usually as a punishment.
- reach β to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- obtain β to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- reap β to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- realize β to grasp or understand clearly.
- complete β You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be.
- apprehend β If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
- pinch β to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
- detain β When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
- occupy β to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- trap β a ladder or ladderlike device used to reach a loft, attic, etc.
- arrest β If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
- conquer β If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land.
- round up β having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- pick β to cast (a shuttle).
- draw β to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- derive β If you derive something such as pleasure or benefit from a person or from something, you get it from them.
- receive β to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.