cop vs grab

cop

verb
  • To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing. 

  • To steal. 

  • To adopt. 

  • To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take. 

  • To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing. 

  • To earn by bad behavior. 

  • Of a pimp: to recruit a prostitute into the stable. 

  • To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time. 

noun
  • The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine. 

  • A police officer or prison guard. 

  • A roughly dome-shaped piece of armor, especially one covering the shoulder, the elbow, or the knee. 

  • A tube or quill upon which silk is wound. 

  • A merlon. 

grab

verb
  • To restrain someone; to arrest. 

  • To consume something quickly. 

  • To take the opportunity of. 

  • To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something). 

  • To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest. 

  • To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch. 

  • To quickly collect or retrieve. 

noun
  • An acquisition by violent or unjust means. 

  • A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven. 

  • A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast. 

  • A mechanical device that grabs or clutches. 

  • A sound bite. 

  • A simple card game. 

  • A sudden snatch at something. 

How often have the words cop and grab occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )