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Patrol
pəˈtrəʊl
Patrol definitions
noun
patrol
patrols
- an expedition to keep watch over an area, especially by guards or police walking or driving around at regular intervals
"we were ordered to investigate on a night patrol"
- a person or group of people sent to keep watch over an area
"a police patrol stopped the man and searched him"
- the action of keeping watch over an area
"the police were on patrol when they were ordered to investigate the incident"
- a routine operational voyage of a ship or aircraft
"a submarine patrol"
- an official who controls traffic where children cross the road
"there were two schools but no crossing patrol"
- a unit of six to eight Scouts or Guides forming part of a troop
"break the Cubs into sixes and Scouts into patrols"
verb
patrols
patrolling
patrolled
patrol
- keep watch over (an area) by regularly walking or travelling around it
"the garrison had to patrol the streets to maintain order"