Определение cops and robbers в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
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"
A cops-and-robbers film, television programme, or book is one whose story involves the police trying to catch criminals