cops and robbers
Children's chase game
Cops and robbers is a children's chase game where players divide into police and criminals, with cops trying to catch robbers.
The phrase evokes simple, black-and-white morality: Life isn't cops and robbers—sometimes the good guys do bad things.
It can dismiss something as childishly simplistic: They're still playing cops and robbers while real crime evolves.
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
- burglarOne who breaks in
- arrestSeize by law
- hands upSurrender gesture demand
- heistOrganized large-scale theft
detective · chase · police · criminal · cat and mouse · thief · jailbreak · police chase · outlaw · wanted poster · stakeout · hide and seek · roleplay · getaway · badge · precinct · investigation · loot
- rivalsrival, opponent, adversary, competitor, foe
- playground gamestag, hide and seek, hopscotch, freeze, capture the flag
- pretend playmake believe, pretend, pretend play, dress-up, dollhouse
- chase gamestag, freeze tag, hide and seek, capture the flag, manhunt
- recess gamestag, hopscotch, jump rope, hide and seek, duck duck goose
- schoolyardplayground, slide, swings, monkey bars, sandbox
cops and robbershide-and-seek
Concealment pursuit pastime
sardines · freeze tag · duck duck goose · musical chairs · statues
cops and robbershopscotch
Tossing and jumping game
jump rope · jacks · marbles · four square · tetherball
cops and robbershide-and-seek
Concealment pursuit pastime
tea party · house · school · doctor · cowboys and Indians
robber, robbery, robbed, robbing, robbers, coppers, coppice, copped, coppery