cops-and-rob|bers

cops-and-rob|bers «KOPS uhnd ROB uhrz», noun.

1. a children's game in which players enact the pursuit and capture of outlaws by policemen: »

to play cops-and-robbers.

2. a story, motion picture, or television program, resembling this game: »

“Doulos—The Finger Man” is cops-and-robbers à la française (New Yorker).