"suicide by cop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: suicides by cop [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|suicides by cop}} suicide by cop (plural suicides by cop)
  1. (informal) A suicide in which a person points a firearm at an armed police officer to provoke them to shoot. Tags: informal Synonyms: copicide, death by cop, SbC Translations (suicide by provoking a police officer): poliisin avustama itsemurha (Finnish), suicide par police interposée [masculine] (French), sprowokowanie policjanta do zabicia [neuter] (Polish)

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