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patrol noun [ pəˈtrəʊl ]

• 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"
Similar: vigil, guard, watch, monitoring, policing, beat, beat-pounding, patrolling, round, sentry duty, reconnoitre, surveillance, survey, examination, recce,
• a unit of six to eight Scouts or Guides forming part of a troop.
• "break the Cubs into sixes and Scouts into patrols"

patrol verb

• keep watch over (an area) by regularly walking or travelling around it.
• "the garrison had to patrol the streets to maintain order"
Similar: keep guard (on), guard, keep watch (on), police, walk the beat (of), pound the beat (of), make the rounds (of), walk along/round, range (over), perform sentry duty (on), picket, stand guard (over), keep a vigil (on), keep a lookout (over), cover, monitor, defend, safeguard, cruise, pound, prowl, rove, roam,
Origin: mid 17th century (as a noun): from German Patrolle, from French patrouille, from patrouiller ‘paddle in mud’, from patte ‘paw’ + dialect ( gad)rouille ‘dirty water’.


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