shore patrol
- noun
- Jargon
:
patrulla de tierra
- I am the motherfucking shore patrol, motherfucker!
- shore patrol boys
Examples
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You try it and I'll call the shore patrol.
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I am the motherfucking shore patrol!
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Call the shore patrol.
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A petty officer and three armed men came into the room—the shore patrol.
Fiction book (1995) -
The shore patrol was tasked with maintaining order during the sailors' shore leave.
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While on duty, the shore patrol ensured that no sailors engaged in illegal activities in the port.
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I reported the fight to the shore patrol so they could help restore peace in the area.
Synonyms
230
2.7
A group of people like police who move through an area to keep it safe
28
4.2
A police officer who walks around an area to keep people safe
4
3.6
A person who checks an area regularly to keep it safe
1
4.7
A team of police who watch a harbor to keep people and boats safe
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from 'shore' (land at the edge of water) and 'patrol' (a unit assigned to watch an area), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to personnel patrolling the shore. The specific naval or policing nuance is domain-specific but does not block basic compositional understanding; such compounds are cross-linguistically common and predictable.
Etymology
The noun shore patrol comes from the simple image of navy guards walking the shore to watch sailors when they leave the ship; these guards patrol the docks and nearby streets to stop trouble. So, it means navy members who act as 'police' on land.