From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcop itcop it spoken informalBritish English a) to be punished or spoken to angrily because you have done something wrong You’ll cop it when Mum finds out! b) to be killed → cop
Examples from the Corpus
cop it• The place is full of the aroma of Spot-Knee, the ram lamb who recently copped it after a blissful organic life.• It's me who cops it if the Sarge finds us.• The Ulsters have copped it up there. 