copwise
adjEtymology From cop + wise.
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Informal Possessing the knowledge and expertise typical of police officers; having police smarts.
- They were copwise. Hiltz knew him from the Deutsches Haus. Smith provoked discord routinely. They were copwise.2014, James Ellroy, Perfidia:
- Steve went against his copwise instincts and entered the building anyway.2015, Billy Van, Dead of Night:
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- 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: