cops and robbers

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cops and robbers (uncountable)

  1. (playground games) 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".

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