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robocop

US/ˈɹoʊ.boʊˌkɑp/

robocop noun: a cyborg police officer.

Noun

robocop (plural robocops)

  1. A cyborg police officer.
    • As the World Wars were succeeded by the Korean War, which melded into the Vietnam War, science fiction pictured numerous dystopias controlled by means of ever-watchful computer and robocops.1990, Library and Information Technology Association (U.S.). National Conference, Michael Gorman, Convergence: Proceedings of the Second National Conference...
    • Opposite of natural monsters there are technological monsters such as terminators, cyborgs, and robocops—all of which undermine dichotomies between the artificial and the organic, the prosthetic and the natural.2010, Tyson E. Lewis, Richard Kahn, Education Out of Bounds, page 1

Forms of robocop

pluralrobocops

Origin of robocop

From robo- + cop, after the film RoboCop (1987).

Questions about robocop

What does robocop mean?
Robocop means a cyborg police officer.
What part of speech is robocop?
Robocop is a noun.
How do you pronounce robocop?
Robocop is pronounced /ˈɹoʊ.boʊˌkɑp/ (US).
What is the plural of robocop?
The plural of robocop is robocops.

Words near robocop in the dictionary

  1. robochef
  2. robochefs
  3. robocide
  4. robocolleague
  5. robocolleagues
  6. robocop
  7. robocops
  8. robocourier
  9. robocracy
  10. robodoc
  11. robodocs

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