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cop-killers

cop-killers is the plural of cop-killer.

Meaning of cop-killer

Noun (1)

cop-killer (plural cop-killers)

  1. A person who deliberately kills an on-duty police officer.
    • Serpico spat the words out. "For killing a cop! He's a fucking cop-killer! Tell that to all his fucking friends up there."1974, Peter Maas, “Chapter Thirteen”, in Serpico, Bantam edition, New York: Bantam Books, published 1973, →ISBN, page 225

Noun (2)

cop-killer (plural cop-killers)

  1. (US, slang) A Teflon-coated bullet.

Questions about cop-killers

What is cop-killers the plural of?
Cop-killers is the plural of cop-killer.

Words near cop-killers in the dictionary

  1. cop-caller
  2. cop-callers
  3. cop-calling
  4. cop-calls
  5. cop-killer
  6. cop-killers
  7. cop-out
  8. cop-outs
  9. cop-stache
  10. cop-wise
  11. copa

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