Past tense of cop
regular verb
The past tense of cop is copped. The past participle is also copped.
Forms of cop
| Base form (V1) | cop /kɒp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | copped |
| Past participle (V3) | copped |
| Present participle | copping |
| Third person singular | cops /kɒps/ |
Copped in a sentence
- Maybe that is why I copped a beating.2009, Lee Headington, Relentless, page 5
- I already copped to the murder. What else do you want from me?
- Who was that bird you copped off with at the pub last night?From the entry cop off with
- His lawyer copped him out on just one felony charge.From the entry cop out
- Somebody should have copped him out last night.From the entry cop out
Meaning of cop
- verb To capture or arrest someone.
- verb To obtain, to purchase (items including but not limited to drugs), to get hold of, to take.
- verb To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
Questions about the past tense of cop
- What is the past tense of cop?
- The past tense of cop is copped.
- What is the past participle of cop?
- The past participle of cop is copped.
- Is cop a regular or irregular verb?
- Cop is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cop (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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