Passive method of suicide by those without the guts to kill themselves. Involves entering or drawing a police response, then provoking a lethal draw of fire by either threatening with a real or fake weapon, or aggressive maneuvering towards the police officers. Life insurance policies may cover suicide-by-cop, whereas they wouldn't cover normal suicide.
Did you hear about Joe? He went out by suicide by cop.
1.) A lawful or unlawful killing of an individual that is done by a police officer.
2.) A term coined in the United States in 1976, to deliberately pass blame of murder/homicide from the actions of a police officer, to the actions of a citizen.
Hey, did you hear that Joe with the mental disorder committed suicide-by-cop?
No, what did he do?
Well, he called the police to defuse a scenario and they ended up shooting him several times instead.
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.