Noun committed their nefarious deeds under the dark cope of night
Word History
Etymology
Verb (1)
Middle English copen, coupen, from Anglo-French couper to strike, cut, from cop, colp blow, from Late Latin colpus, alteration of Latin colaphus, from Greek kolaphos buffet
Noun and Verb (2)
Middle English, from Old English -cāp, from Late Latin cappa head covering