cops and robbers
noun
: a children's game in which the players imitate the way police chase and shoot at criminals in movies, on television, etc.
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The most popular form of GTA RP is a cops and robbers kind of vibe, and McClellaland loves to drop into an active crime scene and act like a blissfully unaware (and doggedly responsible) delivery driver.
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Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025
His father was a collector for a jewelry store, and Segedin later recalled his boyhood as pleasant and typical, one of flying model airplanes and playing cops and robbers while also dodging threats from larger, tougher kids.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
Grown men running around a Long Island farm playing cops and robbers until the sun went down.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025
His father was a collector for a jewelry store, and Segedin later recalled his boyhood as pleasant and typical, one of flying model airplanes and playing cops and robbers while also dodging threats from larger, tougher kids.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
Grown men running around a Long Island farm playing cops and robbers until the sun went down.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Cops and robbers.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cops%20and%20robbers. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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