good cop, bad cop

See also: good cop/bad cop and good cop bad cop

English

Noun

good cop, bad cop (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of good cop bad cop.
   • 1995, Robert Bothwell, Canada and Quebec: One Country, Two Histories, UBC Press, →ISBN, page 72:

     There was an understanding between the two that they would play good cop, bad cop on occasion as Canada moved closer to war.

   • 2010, Stuart Diamond, Getting More: How to Negotiate to Achieve Your Goals in the Real World, New York, N.Y.: Crown Business, →ISBN, page 147:

     If you see the other side playing good cop, bad cop on you, ask them directly, “Are you playing good cop, bad cop with me?” Call out the bad behavior.

   • 2018, David Correia, Tyler Wall, Police: A Field Guide, Verso, published 2022, →ISBN:

     It is the rules that force them to play good cop, bad cop to get a confession (see also interrogation).

   • 2018 April 27, William Cook, The Spectator‎^[1], archived from the original on 1 May 2023:

     Are Macron and Merkel playing good cop, bad cop with Trump?