How to Use cop to in a Sentence

cop to

verb
  • Weber did not cop to a conflict.
    — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
  • Ford even copped to getting down to his own movie soundtracks.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
  • No other adult who could play bad cop to her good cop, or vice versa.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Richards didn’t just cop to cosmetic surgery.
    — Rheana Murray, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Outside of that tweak, though, no one has copped to any other structural changes.
    — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The only difference is that Tamra cops to it.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • There were no scientists who would cop to having had any experience then.
    — Nick Hilden, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Because the Nuggets need a bad cop to complement Jokic’s great play.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2026
  • And in June, Chengdu got its own humanoid traffic-cop to help out on the western city's busy streets.
    — New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Someone who discovered the man called 911, bringing cops to the scene, police said.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Some officials are concerned there won’t be enough new cops to replace those projected to leave or retire in the coming years.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Keuilian subsequently copped to the bad grammar.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • As outside forces, from fellow cops to cartel bosses, learn about the sizable stash, loyalties and oaths are called into question.
    — Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Jan. 2026
  • And a new policy was rolled out requiring cops to report improper use of the internal email system.
    — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
  • How about investigating a certain mayor who told cops to fight ICE in the streets.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Cops released both a photo of Frias, 27, at the scene of the shooting and his mugshot in the hopes someone can alert cops to his whereabouts.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2026
  • So, against the background of Zapad and its attendant saber-rattling, Lukashenko may be playing good cop to Putin’s bad cop.
    — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Facing these smear-site claims, Baldoni in particular was still loathed to cop to any of the harassment or digital punking, sources tell me.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 4 May 2026
  • How about also directing the cops to stop removing the homeless from train stations during these cold snaps and for bus drivers to not kick them off at the end of the line in the middle of the night?
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Things get complicated when Shay recruits the neighborhood creep for backup and Yaki brings in an ex-cop to smoke out his blackmailer.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Years from now, when this wild Sunday in Broncos history comes up in conversation, nobody will cop to leaving early.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Charges ranged from assault on a cop to criminal possession of a knife to reckless endangerment, while 10 officers sustained injuries.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026
  • Magalhães initially pleaded not guilty in the case before copping to a lesser count of manslaughter in exchange for her testimony.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • But hiring off-duty cops to intimidate and extort victims, or throw them in jail, represented a significant escalation.
    — Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Even after efforts under Bass to streamline hiring and boost recruitment, some officials are concerned there won’t be enough new cops to replace those projected to leave or retire in the coming years.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • As the village erupts into full-scale panic, the emergency evolves into a darker mystery, forcing the cop to confront a seemingly impossible reality.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
  • The mayor has said the prospective city agency should emphasize sending social workers instead of cops to the scene of a mental health crisis, and would strengthen other crisis and preventative services.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The man who intentionally plowed his SUV into a local police station wanted a cop to kill him, according to the incident’s police report.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
  • With two season-ending bowl losses and a valiant road effort that still looked good on Boise State’s resume, there’s not much of a sample size for determining Danielson’s ability to switch from good cop to bad cop.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The warrant-less search of the backpack Over the last three weeks, the prosecution has called multiple Altoona cops to the stand, displaying bodycam footage from the police officers present for Mangione’s arrest.
    — Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2025

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