Swat vs Cop - What's the difference?
swat | cop |
(chiefly, US, law enforcement) Special weapons and tactics. The area of expertise of police officers trained and equipped to neutralize armed or entrenched criminals.
(chiefly, US, law enforcement) a SWAT team
to obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take
* 2005 , Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home , Simon & Schuster, page 10:
to (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
to steal
to adopt
to admit, especially to a crime.
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(crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
(obsolete) The top, summit, especially of a hill.
* Drayton
(obsolete) The head.
A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
(architecture, military) A merlon.
As a proper noun swat
is a valley and a district in nwfp administrative province of pakistan.As a noun cop is
plait, braid (of hair).swat
English
(wikipedia SWAT)Alternative forms
*Acronym
(Acronym) (head)Usage notes
* Often used attributively before such nouns as (team) or (squad). * While the specific meaning of the acronym applies only to the United States, the term is informally used in other countries to describe similar police teams.Noun
(en noun)- "This situation is out of control. We need a SWAT team," the policeman said.
Anagrams
*cop
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) coppe, from (etyl) . More at (l).Etymology 2
Possibly from (etyl) , from (etyl) kapia, to buy.Verb
(copp)- Heroin appeared on the streets of our town for the first time, and Innie watched helplessly as his sixteen-year-old brother began taking the train to Harlem to cop smack.
- When caught, he would often cop a vicious blow from his father
- No need to cop an attitude with me, junior.
- I already copped to the murder. What else do you want from me?
- Harold copped to being known as "Dirty Harry".
Derived terms
* cop a feel * cop a plea * cop off * cop on * cop out, cop-outEtymology 3
Short for above, i.e. a criminal.Synonyms
* See alsoEtymology 4
(etyl) cop, copp, from (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch kop, German Kopf.Noun
(en noun)- Cop they used to call / The tops of many hills.