"cops and robbers" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From cops, and and robbers.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "cops and robbers (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Playground games",
          "orig": "en:Playground games",
          "parents": [
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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\"."
      ],
      "id": "en-cops_and_robbers-en-noun-mYkfKHlF",
      "links": [
        [
          "playground",
          "playground"
        ],
        [
          "game",
          "game"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "playground games",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(playground games) 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\"."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɒps ˈænd ˈɹɒb.ə(ɹ)s/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑps ˈɛnd ˈɹɑ.bɚs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cops and robbers"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From cops, and and robbers.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "cops and robbers (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Playground games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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\"."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "playground",
          "playground"
        ],
        [
          "game",
          "game"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "playground games",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(playground games) 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\"."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɒps ˈænd ˈɹɒb.ə(ɹ)s/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑps ˈɛnd ˈɹɑ.bɚs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cops and robbers"
}