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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(informal) A method of suicide in which a person deliberately behaves in a threatening manner to provoke a police officer into shooting him or her..
Carrie told a police negotiator she didn't have the nerve to shoot herself. Later, she'd tell psychiatrist Gwen Levitt she was hoping to commit what the police call "copicide," in which a suicidal person gets the police to shoot him or her.
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Use copicide when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Copicide means (informal) A method of suicide in which a person deliberately behaves in a threatening manner to provoke a police officer into shooting him or her..
Common synonyms include death by cop, suicide by cop.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Carrie told a police negotiator she didn't have the nerve to shoot herself. Later, she'd tell psychiatrist Gwen Levitt she was hoping to commit what the police call "copicide," in which a suicidal person gets the police to shoot him or her.
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