cop and blow

English

Noun

cop and blow (uncountable)

1. (slang) A pimp's habit of exploiting prostitutes and then getting rid of them when no longer profitable.
   • 2010, Angelo M. Schell, Emotional: My Day to Day Book of Bipolar Poetry, page 35:

     Cop and blow, no love for a hoe. Sex them, rob them, go inside there^[sic] purse steal their doe^[sic].

   • 2010, C. J. Land, A Hustler's Tale, page 94:

     […] The name of the game has always been cop and blow, and if your game is tight, you will always cop more than you can blow,” Darius declared, dropping jewels of game knowledge on Midnight.

   • 2013, L. E. Newell, The Grind Don't Stop, page 55:

     Rainbow frowned and pinched his nose. "Damn, I hadn't even thought about it that way, but shit that's the rules of the game, cop and blow; every player knows that. Come to think of it, some hoes be spilling rumors that he had some bitch iced for talking about his business out in the open. […]