patrol
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- noun
- /pəˈtroʊl/
- During the night, the park ranger's patrol ensured the safety of visitors and wildlife.
- border patrol
- police patrol
- patrol agent
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Watch on YouTubeThe majority of that horse patrol unit that was out there are Hispanic.
- The majority of that horse patrol unit that was out there are Hispanic.
- Let's move on to this ski patrol strike that's happening in Park City, UT.
- My chief of patrol who runs the patrol division for the NYPD.
- I'm talking about high security gun patrols.
- Now, knowing your own work on CHIMPS, CHIMPS will band together and do patrol parties and raid other chimp groups and kill them off.
- And they fight against all the different peoples and patrols and things like that.
Examples
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Louise looks down the road and sees a highway patrol car coming towards them.
Fiction book (1991) -
And when we did, we sent a patrol in that night.
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The state highway patrol has been trying to get you.
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I'll send a patrol car to take you to the commissioner's office.
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The body was discovered beneath the Kinsey Bridge by a local patrol unit.
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My dad was a ski patrol at Snow Ridge in Turin, New York.
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Committed to public service, the Civil Air Patrol performs 95% of continental U.S. search and rescue missions.
Academic text (2003) -
So we were doing patrols, presence patrols.
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A police patrol was dispatched to monitor the area after the reports of suspicious activity.
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The local neighborhood formed a patrol to keep their streets safe from crime.
Compounds
- Formal
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A group of officers who watch and protect a country's border to stop illegal crossings
- Formal
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3.8
A United States government agency that finds and stops people entering the country without permission
- Jargon
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People from the navy who keep order in ports and towns when sailors are on leave
A federal agency that patrols United States borders to stop people entering the country illegally
- Slang
A joking name for a group watching something unimportant, often police on quiet shifts
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Etymology
Patrol comes from the French word patrouille, originally meaning 'a walk around' by a small group. That's why a patrol today is a group of people or vehicles sent to guard or watch an area.