patrol
IPA: pʌtrˈoʊɫ
noun
- (military) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.
- (military) A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.
- (military) The guards who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.
- (law enforcement) The largest division of officers within a police department or sheriff's office, whose assignment is to patrol and respond to calls for service.
- Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the people thus guarding.
- (scouting) A unit of a troop, usually defined by certain ranks or age groups within the troop, and ideally comprised of six to eight members.
verb
- (intransitive) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
- (transitive) To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman
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Examples of "patrol" in Sentences
- The clerks can patrol the pages.
- The police patrolled around the town.
- The new officers were assigned to patrol.
- A patrol ship lands and disgorges a crew of only males.
- The border patrol then cheerfully welcomes Lee to Annexia.
- Patrol is the uniformed component of the police department.
- The rangers are sometimes said to be patrollers of the purlieu.
- Are you simply on patrol and uninterested in the actual content
- The Colonel is the highest ranking officer in the Highway Patrol.
- The uniformed policemen on the street are those of the patrol service.
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