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telecop

telecop noun: a police officer (especially a detective) as portrayed on television.

Noun

telecop (plural telecops)

  1. (informal) A police officer (especially a detective) as portrayed on television.
    • OK gossip mongrels, see what you can make of these bits of scurrilous gleaning.
      #1- Which young telecop isn't re-signing further series options?1998 July 6, peeby, “**BLIND ITEM FUN**”, in aus.tv (Usenet)
    • The brain scooping has been occuring^([sic]) in situ. The evidence cited by the FBI woman was that that it happened in that room. When hiro finds' Isaac in the future, there's blood and stuff around him. By comparison, the telecop was drugged and taken to a laboratory where he received some not...2006 October 18, William George Ferguson, “Re: 1st Season Heroes - Collision - 5 star poll - SPOILERS AHOY !”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet)

Forms of telecop

pluraltelecops

Origin of telecop

From tele- + cop.

Questions about telecop

What does telecop mean?
Telecop means a police officer (especially a detective) as portrayed on television.
What part of speech is telecop?
Telecop is a noun.
What is the plural of telecop?
The plural of telecop is telecops.

Words near telecop in the dictionary

  1. teleconversations
  2. teleconversion
  3. teleconverter
  4. teleconverters
  5. telecooling
  6. telecop
  7. telecopied
  8. telecopier
  9. telecopiers
  10. telecopies
  11. telecoprid

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