"rent-a-cop" meaning in English

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          "text": "“What got into you tonight? Why'd you pull that scene at the arcade? I had to mess up this rentacop^([sic]) came after me with nunchucks.”",
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        "(colloquial, derogatory) A private security guard, usually one regarded as inferior to and less skilled than an actual law enforcement officer."
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