Cop to
Cop to verb - To make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or valid.
Usage example: that thug will make a deal with the prosecutor and end up copping to a charge of simple assault
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Synonyms for Cop to
Spill
Spill verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).
Both terms in one sentence
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After being arrested and left alone in an interrogation room, Wesley Snipes character raps suddenly on the glass, startling a female witness who's been called in to identify him, and causing a cop to spill his coffee.
Source: I Know You're Watching Me -
I Know You're Watching Me: After being arrested and left alone in an interrogation room, Shaw raps suddenly on the glass, startling a female witness who's been called in to identify him, and causing a cop to spill his coffee.
Source: Film / The Art of War
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