noun
cops and robbers; hide-and-seek game
A children's game similar to hide-and-seek, where one team (police/detectives) chases the other (thieves). Abbreviation of 警察と泥棒 (police and thief) or 刑事と泥棒 (detective and thief).
放課後、みんなでけいどろをして遊んだ。
After school, we all played cops and robbers.
けいどろは、警察役と泥棒役に分かれて遊ぶゲームだ。
Cops and robbers is a game where you split into police and thief roles.
Ateji kanji form, rarely used. 警 (police) + 泥 (thief).
Ateji kanji form, rarely used. 刑 (detective) + 泥 (thief).
Abbreviation of 警察と泥棒 (keisatsu to dorobō, 'police and thief') or 刑事と泥棒 (keiji to dorobō, 'detective and thief').