supercop

noun

su·​per·​cop ˌsü-pər-ˈkäp 

plural supercops

: an extremely capable and successful police officer

Die Hard 2 supercop Bruce Willis samples life on the wrong side of the law in an upcoming movie …

—Melina Gerosa et al.

… an accountant by day who morphs into a seemingly tireless supercop at night.

—Evening Standard

Armed with a .45 pistol and a law degree, Maria works as … a kind of Colombian supercop who functions as a combination police officer, investigator, and prosecutor.

—Eliza Griswold

Examples of supercop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Shaft was more than a supercop. —Wesley Morris, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above