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bent coppers

bent coppers is the plural of bent copper.

Meaning of bent copper

Noun

bent copper (plural bent coppers)

  1. (UK, informal) A corrupt police officer.
    • Onay remembered that he had placed 40 kilos at the bottom of his wardrobe. That meant approximately three and a half kilos had disappeared during the police raid. Bulent kept quiet but the officers eventually found out and a bent copper was later blamed for the alleged theft.2007, Graham Johnson, Druglord, Mainstream Publishing, →ISBN

Questions about bent coppers

What is bent coppers the plural of?
Bent coppers is the plural of bent copper.

Words near bent coppers in the dictionary

  1. bent as a nine-bob note
  2. bent as a two bob
  3. bent car
  4. bent cars
  5. bent copper
  6. bent coppers
  7. Bent County
  8. bent down
  9. bent edge
  10. bent fork
  11. bent forks

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