January 08, 2012, 05:49 AM
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Diamond
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Tenerife
Posts: 4,814
Native Language: Inglés
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Originally Posted by Don José
La palabra "cop" la aprendí en la canción L.A. Woman (The Doors), bastante hippies, evidentemente. ¿Alguien sabe el origen de esa palabra aplicada a los policías?
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Cop or Copper While commonly believed to be an acronym for Constable On Patrol, the term refers to "one who captures or snatches". This word first appeared in the early 18th century, and can be matched with the word "cap", which has the same meaning and whose etymology can be traced to the Latin word 'capere'. (The word retains this meaning in other contexts: teenagers "cop a feel" on a date, and they have also been known to "cop an attitude".) Variation: Copper. It is also believed that the term Copper was the original, unshortened word, popularly believed to represent the copper badges American officers used to wear at the time of origin, but in fact probably used in Britain to mean "someone who cops" long before this. It is also believed to come from the Latin word 'Corpore' meaning body, i.e. a body of men.
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From this site of slang words for a policeman. Don't take it too seriously, it is mostly conjecture, althouth the above for cop makes some sense. 
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