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All copping synonyms

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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.
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