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/ pəˈtroʊl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used without object), pa·trolled, pa·trol·ling. (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
verb (used with object), pa·trolled, pa·trol·ling. to maintain the order and security of (a road, beat, area, etc.) by passing along or through it.
noun a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc.
an automobile, ship, plane, squadron, fleet, etc., assigned to patrol an area.
Military . a detachment of two or more persons, often a squad or platoon, detailed for reconnaissance or combat.
the act of patrolling.
patrol wagon.
(in the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts) a subdivision of a troop, usually consisting of about eight members.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of patrol 1655–65; <French patrouille (noun), patrouiller (v.) patrol, originally a pawing (noun), to paw (v.) in mud; derivative (with suffixal -ouille ) of patte paw; -r- unexplained
OTHER WORDS FROM patrol pa·trol·ler, noun re·pa·trol, verb (used with object), re·pa·trolled, re·pa·trol·ling. un·pa·trolled, adjective well-pa·trolled, adjective Words nearby patrol patristics, patrix, patroclinous, patrocliny, Patroclus, patrol , patrol car, patrolman, patrologist, patrology, patrol torpedo boat
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Example sentences from the Web for patrol Video footage — Cameron did not say from where — began at the point when area patrol officers arrived at the location.
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Another admitted to using cocaine while in uniform, and the third admitted to trying to buy sex in his patrol car, according to two news reports.
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UCSD and the University of Arizona have plenty of company on the poop patrol front.
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While on patrol , those inspectors are often assisted by private security guards employed by Allied Universal, a contractor.
MTS Says Its Officers Aren’t Bound by New State Use-of-Force Law | Jesse Marx and Lisa Halverstadt| June 25, 2020| Voice of San Diego
“They just walk around, they ride in their patrol cars, and they just pass by,” he said.
Ground Zero of the NYPD Slowdown | Batya Ungar-Sargon| January 1, 2015| DAILY BEAST
Brinsley stepped up to the passenger side of the patrol car, raised a silver Taurus semi-automatic pistol and began firing.
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Lewis and the men he was with were given a goat and chicken that they were expected to kill and eat while on patrol .
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On Southland, McKenzie played Ben Sherman, a patrol officer on the mean streets of Los Angeles.
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But uniformed guards do not patrol the halls of even the highest-risk units.
Inside a Hospital for the Criminally Insane | Caitlin Dickson| September 15, 2014| DAILY BEAST
In the Mediterranean also there were a number of patrol gunboats and minesweepers similar to the fighting sloops.
Submarine Warfare of To-day | Charles W. Domville-Fife
"Patrol mobile coming in on southeast vector," Ali announced calmly.
When the patrol started from Fort Macpherson everything seemed favourable for a mid-winter trip.
Policing the Plains | R.G. MacBeth
Binnie was leading, and was hit in the shoulder when trying to extricate two of his patrol from a cloud of enemies.
Sixty Squadron R.A.F. | Group-Captain A. J. L. Scott
Each station would be provided with patrol , fighting, and observation airplanes.
Aircraft and Submarines | Willis J. Abbot.
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British Dictionary definitions for patrol noun the action of going through or around a town, neighbourhood, etc, at regular intervals for purposes of security or observation
a person or group that carries out such an action
a military detachment with the mission of security, gathering information, or combat with enemy forces
a division of a troop of Scouts or Guides
verb -trols , -trolling or -trolled to engage in a patrol of (a place)
Derived forms of patrol patroller , noun Word Origin for patrol C17: from French patrouiller, from patouiller to flounder in mud, from patte paw
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