Cop
Cop verb - To get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for.
Both words in one sentence
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Dirty Cop: Officer Breen, who plants drugs on Brewster in an attempt to extort his camera from him.
Source: Film / Brewster McCloud -
Dirty Cop: Inspector Jang is quite happy to allow Headmaster Lee to extort money from his new employee in front of him.
Source: Film / The Crucible -
Dirty Cop: NYPD officers Costello, Johnson and their captain, who were using stolen police bodycam footage to extort and blackmail various wealthy individuals for their own personal gain.
Source: Series / Blindspot
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