copicide

English

noun
Definitions
  • (informal) A method of suicide in which a person deliberately behaves in a threatening manner to provoke a police officer into shooting them.
  • (informal) The act of killing a police officer.

Etymology

Suffix from English cop (spider, capture, take, crown, seize, head).

Origin

English

cop

Gloss

spider, capture, take, crown, seize, head

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

頭

Emoji
🕸️

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