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- Dictionarypatrol/pəˈtrəʊl/
noun
- 1. 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
- 2. a unit of six to eight Scouts or Guides forming part of a troop: "break the Cubs into sixes and Scouts into patrols"
verb
- 1. keep watch over (an area) by regularly walking or travelling around it: "the garrison had to patrol the streets to maintain order"
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the act of checking that there is no trouble or danger in a building or area: a highway patrol.
The meaning of PATROL is the action of traversing a district or beat or of going the rounds along a chain of guards for observation or the maintenance of security. How to use patrol in a sentence.
PATROL meaning: 1. (especially of soldiers or the police) to go around an area or a building to see if there is any…. Learn more.
Patrol definition: (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.. See examples of PATROL used in a sentence.
PATROL definition: 1. the act of looking for trouble or danger around an area or building: 2. a group of soldiers or…. Learn more.
1. the action of going through or around a town, neighbourhood, etc, at regular intervals for purposes of security or observation. 2. a person or group that carries out such an action. 3. (Military) a military detachment with the mission of security, gathering information, or combat with enemy forces. 4. a division of a troop of Scouts or Guides.
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. A patrol is the activity of watching a neighborhood or region, and also refers to the person or group doing the watching.
A patrol is a group of soldiers or vehicles that are patrolling an area. Guerrillas attacked a patrol with hand grenades. ...a border patrol operating near the frontier.
n. a person or group of persons assigned to patrol an area, road, etc. an automobile, ship, plane, squadron, fleet, etc., assigned to patrol an area. Military a detachment of two or more persons, often a squad or platoon, detailed for reconnaissance or combat. the act of patrolling. See patrol wagon.
The act of moving about an area especially by an authorized and trained person or group, for purposes of observation, inspection, or security. A person or persons patrolling. A small group of soldiers sent on a mission, as for reconnaissance.
