how to pronounce cops

/ˈkɑːps/

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cops is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of cops in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… that's Colin but cops get your all in …”

meanings of cops

noun:

Plural of cop.
The police, considered as a group entity.
Plural of COP.
The connecting crook of a harrow.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cop.

cops frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word cops occurs in english on average 13.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics cops can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that cops can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) transport and travel;