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Meaning of cops and robbers | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
kɒps ˈænd ˈɹɒb.ə(ɹ)s

Definitions

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".

uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Räuber und Gendarm
Português polícia e ladrão

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

copsa Copse Copses copsewood Copsey Copson

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