"good-cop/bad-cop" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1981, Ronald Silliman, Tjanting, Figures",
          "text": "Imagine the grownups play good-cop/bad-cop with real guns & mean it.",
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          "ref": "1984, Fantasy & Science Fiction",
          "text": "Mr. K always smiles, and Ms. V always frowns. Are they playing good-cop/bad-cop?",
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          "ref": "1989, Loren D. Estleman, Robert J. Randisi, L. J. Washburn, Ed Gorman, The Black Moon",
          "text": "My guess was that Parnell was playing good-cop/bad-cop, and was being the bad cop. Tony Mack, being an ex-cop himself, caught on and played along.",
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          "ref": "1991, Andrea Edwards, Starting Over, Silhouette",
          "text": "Apparently Ben was playing good-cop/bad-cop all by himself.",
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        {
          "ref": "1992, Sally Falcon, Stolen Kisses, Kismet",
          "text": "If she was annoyed that they had tricked her into driving Logan back to Little Rock from the rally, then she wouldn’t be thrilled about her two brothers playing good-cop/bad-cop to find out the guy’s intentions.",
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          "ref": "1996, Joseph Mauro, Al Franken Is a Bucktoothed Moron—And Other Observations: The Right Strikes Back!",
          "text": "It had gone like that all night, until well after midnight, the boys playing good-cop/bad-cop or using whatever means they had to put out the fires.",
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          "ref": "2014, Teresa Lynn Paris McDonnell, The Diet God, Lulu.com, page 124",
          "text": "Listen, gentlemen. I have watched a lot of cop-based TV shows in my day and I know that when one policeman is nice to you and the other one doesn’t look so nice that’s called ‘good-cop/bad-cop.’ Now, there’s no reason to play good-cop/bad-cop because I will tell you everything you want to know down to the last detail. All I ask is that you believe me.",
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          "ref": "2021, Debra Dunbar, Imp Series Books 7-9",
          "text": "Raphael smiled. This was his captive and the pair of us were playing good-cop/bad-cop. Well, maybe bad-cop/bad-cop.",
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          "ref": "1981, Ronald Silliman, Tjanting, Figures",
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          "ref": "1989, Loren D. Estleman, Robert J. Randisi, L. J. Washburn, Ed Gorman, The Black Moon",
          "text": "My guess was that Parnell was playing good-cop/bad-cop, and was being the bad cop. Tony Mack, being an ex-cop himself, caught on and played along.",
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          "ref": "1991, Andrea Edwards, Starting Over, Silhouette",
          "text": "Apparently Ben was playing good-cop/bad-cop all by himself.",
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          "ref": "1992, Sally Falcon, Stolen Kisses, Kismet",
          "text": "If she was annoyed that they had tricked her into driving Logan back to Little Rock from the rally, then she wouldn’t be thrilled about her two brothers playing good-cop/bad-cop to find out the guy’s intentions.",
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          "text": "Listen, gentlemen. I have watched a lot of cop-based TV shows in my day and I know that when one policeman is nice to you and the other one doesn’t look so nice that’s called ‘good-cop/bad-cop.’ Now, there’s no reason to play good-cop/bad-cop because I will tell you everything you want to know down to the last detail. All I ask is that you believe me.",
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