Dictionary

cops and robbers en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kɑps ˈɛnd ˈɹɑ.bɚs/ (General-American)
• /kɒps ˈænd ˈɹɒb.ə(ɹ)s/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

1. (qualifier:playground games, uncountable) A game played by schoolchildren in which the "robbers" have to steal "gold" and return it to their "base" without being caught by the "cops" and taken to "jail". When in "jail", "prisoners" can be "freed" by other "robbers".

Relateds

police and thief

Translations (3)

cmn 警察抓小媮 /警察抓小偷 (schoolchildren's game) · de Räuber und Gendarm (schoolchildren's game) · pt polícia e ladrão (schoolchildren's game)