Country Dictionary

When you claim someone elses property e.g their house or couch.

Man: Would you please leave my house?
Woman: Nuh uh, I copped it!
Man: Wrong house homie! Gotta leave!
Woman: Nuhhhh uhhh I copped the house!
Man: What the fuck does that mean?

purchased, borrowed, or aquired in some fashion or another.

i just copped that new madden 2005 from best buy.

When one is stoned out their mind and they need to sleep it off and they claim someone else's property while the original home owner is still living on the property.

Home owner: Would you please leave my house?

Stoned person: Nuh uh, I copped it!

Home owner: Wrong house homie! Gotta leave!

Stoned person: Nuhhhh uhhh I copped the house!

stole; took

I copped the Baby Phat shirt at the store.

To bust outta somewhere with some property that dont belong to yo ass.

"Is it cool to rap about gold if I told the world I copped it from ghana and mali (maaaaaallli!)"
-- Kanye West

to steal, not buy; steal, to take without permission

yo nigga i just copped a candy bar from the store.

a slang term used in Australia to replace some negative verbs. Even the News uses it sometimes

"copped a bashing" Channel 10 News
"look what I copped from him"
"I have copped a lot of flack over this"