Get into trouble with the police (3,2)

I believe the answer is:

cop it

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'get into trouble' is the definition.
(to cop it is to receive punishment)

I don't understand the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for cop it that I've seen before include "Be punished" , ""get in loads of trouble!"" , "Get into trouble; be killed" , "Get it in the neck" , "Suffer the consequences!" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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