Learn English – What does ‘got popped’ mean exactly in this context

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What does 'got popped' mean exactly in this context?

I have your name on a $5,000 transfer via Western Union to a 9/11 hijacker. And you got popped with 150 kilograms of high explosives in your house!

(Film: Zero Dark Thirty – United States, 2012)

Best Answer

To "get popped" means to get caught by the police.

  1. Slang To take into legal custody; arrest: "Her friend was visiting and got popped for a DUI"