copicide

== English == === Etymology === From cop +‎ -icide. === Noun === copicide (plural copicides) (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. 1999, E. J. Montini, "Prosecuting Mentally Ill Is Insane", The Arizona Republic, 20 June 1999 (reprinted in the Observer-Reporter, 4 July 1999): 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. (informal) The act of killing a police officer. ==== Synonyms ==== (suicide by provoking a police officer to shoot): death by cop, suicide by cop