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- noun informal The method of
suicide where a person deliberately acts in athreatening way towards a police officer, with the purpose of beingshot as response.
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"Police were investigating a number of scenarios this morning, including whether the man held the brush under his shirt to prompt officers to shoot at him, a phenomenon known in law-enforcement circles as suicide by cop."
The New York Times, November 13, 2007
November 14, 2007