play good cop cop

play good cop cop
play good cop/bad cop informal phrase
if two people play good cop/​bad cop with someone, one is friendly while the other behaves in a threatening way in order to make the person trust the ‘good cop’ and tell them the information they want to know
Thesaurus: bribery and manipulationhyponym to do something dishonestsynonym
Main entry: cop

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