Americanisms

I am at present reading a novel written by an English author set in England but the police are referred to as 'cops'.

I wonder whether this is to appeal to the US book market.

The word copper is used in the UK, an old expression is , “it’s a fair cop.” I do agree that ‘cops’ is more used in the USA.

Roy said:

“it’s a fair cop.”

I don't think this is derived from the police 

owad.de/.../it-s-a-fair-cop

You are referring to 'cop' which has a different derivative to the expression 'it's a fair cop'.

I had already linked a likely history of that.

It is derived from Latin, most commonly through the French term that was introduced into the UK in the 1700s:

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The term stems from the Old French caper, per the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). “Cop is a verb that means ‘to seize,’ or when there are people to do it, ‘arrest,'”

It is derived from Latin, most commonly through the French term that was introduced into the UK in the 1700s:

www.rd.com/.../
The term stems from the Old French caper, per the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). “Cop is a verb that means ‘to seize,’ or when there are people to do it, ‘arrest,'”

You are referring to 'cop' which has a different derivative to the expression 'it's a fair cop'.

I had already linked a likely history of that.