Cop
The word cop is a slang word for a policeman. It probably comes from the Old French word caper, which meant to seize, to capture. In the late 16th century, it was introduced into the English language as the verb to cap, which was later changed into to cop. In the 19th century the word began to be used as a noun to refer to the person who captures somebody.
La palabra cop es una palabra informal para nombrar a un policía. Probablemente proviene de la palabra del francés antiguo caper, que significaba agarrar, capturar. A fines del siglo XVI, se introdujo en la lengua inglesa como el verbo to cap, que más tarde fue cambiado a to cop. En el siglo XIX la palabra comenzó a utilizarse como sustantivo para referirse a la persona que captura a alguien.
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