cop a packet
To be seriously injured. This phrase originated in the military. I got sent home after copping a packet during my tour of duty.
cop a packet
to become badly injured; to be wounded severely. (Originally military.) My uncle copped a packet in Normandy. If you want to cop a packet or worse, just stand up in that shallow trench, son.
cop a packet
1 be killed, especially in battle. 2 contract a venereal disease. informal euphemistic