When a person or a group monitors a specific area, that's a patrol. A police officer's night patrol might involve walking a beat on certain city streets.
To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
Noun
the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes
Noun
a detachment used for security or reconnaissance
Noun
a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security
Verb
maintain the security of by carrying out a control
v. i.
To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse
a police district or beat.
v.
t To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman;
as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat.
v. i.
A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and
between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men,
to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.
v. i.
A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of
outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's
whereabouts.
v. i.
The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a
detachment whose duty it is to patrol.
v. i.
Any perambulation of a particular line or district to
guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire
patrol.
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In France there is an army of patrols to secure her fiscal regulations.
To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
t To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman;
A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.
Usage Examples
Yes, sir, a patrol car came and took me down to a station where they were trying to develop films, but they hadn't got the facilities to develop colored film.
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Other Usage ExamplesWhile the recent addition of the National Guard providing a support role manning computers and cameras has allowed more Border Patrol agents to work the field, more agents are still needed.
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