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cop killer

cop killer is the alternative spelling 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.

Forms of cop killer

pluralcop killers

Questions about cop killer

What is cop killer the alternative spelling of?
Cop killer is the alternative spelling of cop-killer.

Words near cop killer in the dictionary

  1. cop and blow
  2. cop car
  3. cop cars
  4. Cop City
  5. cop it
  6. cop killer
  7. cop killers
  8. cop knock
  9. cop knocks
  10. cop magnet
  11. cop magnets

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