capture the flag

noun

: a game in which players on each of two teams seek to capture the other team's flag and return it to their side without being captured and imprisoned

Examples of capture the flag in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To evaluate their experimental bots, these companies routinely give them goals, like capture the flag, except the prize is finding a code. — David Pogue, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026

Frustrated but persistent, about seven hundred of the twelve hundred agents that participated in the board collaborated in what was essentially a cybersecurity version of capture the flag, a war game in which underhandedness is rewarded. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

This involved competing in simulated games of capture the flag held inside complex, three-dimensional virtual worlds. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026

Guests had an exclusive first look at the new Watermoc while spending the day competing in beachside activities including capture the flag, beach volleyball, and paddle relay races before gathering at sunset as Kaytranada took over the shoreline. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 29 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1925, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for capture the flag

• ag
• bag
• brag
• dag
• drag
• gag
• hag
• hagg
• lag
• mag
• nag
• rag

Kids Definition

capture the flag

noun

: a game in which players on each of two teams seek to capture the other team's flag and return it to their side without being captured and imprisoned