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noncop

noncop noun: one who is not a police officer.

Noun

noncop (plural noncops)

  1. (informal) One who is not a police officer.
    • An old adage among police officers is that there are only two types of people—cops and noncops.2002, Greg Cynaumon, God Still Speaks Through Dreams: Are You Missing His Messages?
    • I heard that hitchhiking was illegal, so I made sure to only stick out my thumb to noncops.2013, V. S. Nesby, 13 Kings, page 28

Forms of noncop

pluralnoncops

Origin of noncop

From non- + cop.

Questions about noncop

What does noncop mean?
Noncop means one who is not a police officer.
What part of speech is noncop?
Noncop is a noun.
What is the plural of noncop?
The plural of noncop is noncops.

Words near noncop in the dictionary

  1. noncooperator
  2. noncooperators
  3. noncoordinate
  4. noncoordinated
  5. noncoordinating
  6. noncop
  7. noncoper
  8. noncopers
  9. noncoping
  10. noncoplanar
  11. noncoplanarity

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