copwise

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adjective

Possessing the knowledge and expertise typical of police officers; having police smarts.

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Meanings

adjectivecopwise (comparative more copwise, superlative most copwise)

comparative more copwise · superlative most copwise · alternative cop wise · alternative cop-wise

  1. informalPossessing the knowledge and expertise typical of police officers; having police smarts.

    Steve went against his copwise instincts and entered the building anyway.

    2015, Billy Van, Dead of Night
    2 more examples

    They were copwise. Hiltz knew him from the Deutsches Haus. Smith provoked discord routinely. They were copwise.

    2014, James Ellroy, Perfidia

    Like streetwise residents in underpoliced neighborhoods, copwise individuals learn to reinterpret the mundane scenarios, spaces, and people found in the neighborhood.

    2016, Forrest Stuart, Down, Out, and Under Arrest

Origin

From cop + wise.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “copwise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copwise.

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