1. Cease to live
   "The soldier copped it in battle";
   - die, decease [archaic], perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket [informal], cash in one's chips [informal], buy the farm [N. Amer, informal], conk [informal], give up the ghost [informal], drop dead [informal], pop off [informal], croak [informal], snuff it [informal], cash in [informal], flatline [informal], pop one's clogs [informal], pass on
    
2. Get into trouble
   "He'll cop it when his parents find out about the broken window"

Derived forms: copped it, cops it

Type of: change state, turn