copwise

English

Alternative forms

cop wise, cop-wise

Etymology

From cop +‎ wise.

Adjective

copwise (comparative more copwise, superlative most copwise)

Possessing the knowledge and expertise typical of police officers; having police smarts
- 2014, James Ellroy, Perfidia:
  They were copwise. Hiltz knew him from the Deutsches Haus. Smith provoked discord routinely. They were copwise.
- 2015, Billy Van, Dead of Night:
  Steve went against his copwise instincts and entered the building anyway.
- 2016, Forrest Stuart, Down, Out, and Under Arrest
  Like streetwise residents in underpoliced neighborhoods, copwise individuals learn to reinterpret the mundane scenarios, spaces, and people found in the neighborhood.

Anagrams

cow pies, cowpies

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