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  1. suicide by copnoun

    The method of suicide where a person deliberately acts in a threatening way towards a police officer, with the purpose of being shot as response.

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  1. Suicide by cop

    Suicide by cop or suicide by police is a suicide method in which a suicidal individual deliberately behaves in a threatening manner, with intent to provoke a lethal response from a public safety or law enforcement officer.

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  1. Suicide by cop

    Suicide by cop is a suicide method in which a suicidal individual deliberately acts in a threatening way, provoking a lethal response from a law enforcement officer or other legitimately armed individual, such as being shot to death.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of suicide by cop in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of suicide by cop in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of suicide by cop in a Sentence

  1. Police Chief Mike Koval:

    The circumstances of that case were concluded to be a suicide-by-cop sort of predilection.

  2. Stephen Mader:

    I thought I was going to be able to talk to him and deescalate it, i knew it was suicide-by-cop.

  3. Brad Wenstrup:

    Our intelligence and law enforcement apparatuses require accuracy, precision, and justice. I’m encouraged that the FBI has updated its classification of that nearly catastrophic event to reflect the actual motives of the assailant, and I commend Director Wray for his oversight of that correction, i will continue to work with the Bureau toward investigating what led to the original 'suicide by cop' determination.

  4. Brad Wenstrup:

    Much to our shock that day, the FBI concluded that this was a case of the attacker seeking ‘suicide by cop,’.

  5. Mike Verden:

    All we know right now is that he's not in custody, and he's not deceased, sometimes these guys get away… Some want to do suicide by cop, some kill themselves, and some just don't want to get caught.


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  • zelfmoord door politieagentDutch

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