cop

cop a feel succeed in fondling someone's genitals or other intimate body parts. slang

2006DVD Verdict Long before Salem slaughtered its witches, Count DeMarco was gathering up gals in and around the greater New York area and performing perverted Satanic rites on them. This usually consisted of copping a feel and then biting their boobies.

cop hold of take hold of. British

☞ A slang word meaning 'catch', cop probably originated in northern English dialect.

cop a packet

1 be killed, especially in battle.

2 contract a venereal disease.

informal euphemistic

cop a plea engage in plea bargaining. North American

good cop, bad cop used to refer to a police interrogation in which one officer feigns a sympathetic or protective attitude while another adopts an aggressive approach.

it's a fair cop an admission that the speaker has been caught doing wrong and deserves punishment.

not much cop not very good. British informal

☞ Cop is used here in the sense of 'an acquisition'.

2012Diamond Geezer The predominant colours at Kew, at present, are green and brown. That's grass and branches, mostly, which is great if you like trees and shrubs but not much cop if you prefer flowers.