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fair cops

fair cops is the plural of fair cop.

Meaning of fair cop

Noun

fair cop (plural fair cops)

  1. A justifiable or reasonable capture or apprehension; also, broadly, a just or inescapable accusation.
    • Several other witnesses gave corroborative evidence, and a constable who helped to arrest the prisoners stated that one of them, on being taken into custody, said: “Ah, well, this is a fair cop.”1891, Montagu Stephen Williams, Later Leaves: Being the Further Reminiscences of Montagu Williams, Q. C., Macmillan and Co.

Questions about fair cops

What is fair cops the plural of?
Fair cops is the plural of fair cop.

Words near fair cops in the dictionary

  1. fair coin
  2. fair coins
  3. fair comment
  4. fair cop
  5. fair copies
  6. fair cops
  7. fair copy
  8. fair crack of the whip
  9. fair dealing
  10. fair dinks
  11. fair dinkum

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