"good cop, bad cop" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1995, Robert Bothwell, Canada and Quebec: One Country, Two Histories, UBC Press, page 72",
          "text": "There was an understanding between the two that they would play good cop, bad cop on occasion as Canada moved closer to war.",
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          "ref": "2010, Stuart Diamond, Getting More: How to Negotiate to Achieve Your Goals in the Real World, New York, N.Y.: Crown Business, page 147",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2018, David Correia, Tyler Wall, Police: A Field Guide, Verso, published 2022",
          "text": "It is the rules that force them to play good cop, bad cop to get a confession (see also interrogation).",
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          "ref": "2018 April 27, William Cook, The Spectator, archived from the original on 2023-05-01",
          "text": "Are Macron and Merkel playing good cop, bad cop with Trump?",
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        "Alternative form of good cop bad cop."
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