Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. shot.

1977		E. Torres Q&A 118: Let’s say Jimmy Mullins were to get popped by the shoofly.
1993		Dr Dre ‘187’ 🎵 So on this spot gettin’ popped, shot, / Droppin’ like this and like that.
2001		K. Sampson Outlaws (ms.) 112: I’m going to get popped any second now and it’ll all be down to me and my big mouth.

2. arrested.

1964		Larner & Tefferteller Addict in the Street (1966) 34: He got popped the other day. He got picked up.
1975		J. Carr Bad (1995) 43: What the fuck, I’m gonna get popped.
1981		J. Ellroy Brown’s Requiem 181: Maybe the jig was up, and I was going to get popped for discharging a firearm within the city limits.
1995		J. Stahl Permanent Midnight 359: Make me go back to copping on the street so I can get fucking popped.
2001		N. Green Shooting Dr. Jack (2002) 66: Your accountant had all of your business records [...] in the room, in that roach palace where he got popped.

3. caught out.

1971

F. Hilaire Thanatos 34: Don’t get popped with anything if they bust in to shake you down.

4. (US campus) in a difficult situation.

1989

Pamela Munro Sl. U.

5. intoxicated by a drug.

2010

K. Richards Life 316: One line of good coke and you should be popped all night.