copwise

English

Alternative forms

• cop wise, cop-wise

Etymology

From cop +‎ wise.

Adjective

copwise (comparative more copwise, superlative most copwise)

1. (informal) Possessing the knowledge and expertise typical of police officers; having police smarts.
   • 2014, James Ellroy, Perfidia:

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

   • 2015, Billy Van, Dead of Night:

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

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

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

Anagrams

• cow pies, cowpies