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spy cop

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables
spy -cop
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An undercover police officer tasked with infiltrating a politically active group which is deemed to pose a risk of criminal activity, so as to allow the police to monitor the group's activities on an ongoing basis.

British usage; Slang

Etymology

From spy + cop (“police officer”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

spy cops (plural) spycop (alternative)

Questions

What does spy cop mean?
An undercover police officer tasked with infiltrating a politically active group which is deemed to pose a risk of criminal activity, so as to allow the police to monitor the group's activities on an ongoing basis.
Where does spy cop come from?
From spy + cop (“police officer”).

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