patrol
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2.7
- noun
- /pəˈtroʊl/
:
patrulla
- During the night, the park ranger's patrol ensured the safety of visitors and wildlife.
- border patrol
- police patrol
- patrol agent
The 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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3.8
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
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
- Jargon
People from the navy who keep order in ports and towns when sailors are on leave
How Big
Surface Forms
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.