Meaning of bent copper | Babel Free

Definitions

A corrupt police officer.

UK, informal

Examples

“Onay remembered that he had placed 40 kilos at the bottom of his wardrobe. That meant approximately three and a half kilos had disappeared during the police raid. Bulent kept quiet but the officers eventually found out and a bent copper was later blamed for the alleged theft.”

“Anticorruption is a double-edged sword. We need to find just enough bent coppers to avoid accusations of a cover-up, but not so many that the public starts to wonder if the police can be trusted.”

“He had always been a bent copper. He had joined the police force with the intention of being a bent copper. In that, he had been eminently successful.”

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