Cop and Take on

Cop

Cop verb - To get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for.

Take on and cop are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take on" instead a verb "Cop".

Take on

Take on verb - To enter into contest or conflict with.

Cop and take on are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cop" instead a verb "Take on".

Both terms in one sentence

  • Dirty Cop Chang is a darker take on several John Woo characters, but his past as a cop seems to allude to Tequila from Hard Boiled.
    Source: Dirty Cop
  • To wit, when Superman is threatened that his Daily Planet colleagues will be killed if he is seen in the East Side, Clark goes undercover as a cop to take on Intergang.
  • Comic Book / Nick Spencer's Captain America The arc running concurrently alongside Civil War II features the Americops, a definite take on the rise of cop brutality and shootings of minorities as well as the dangers of militarized police forces.
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