patrol

n.

1. The act of moving about an area especially by an authorized and trained person or group, for purposes of observation, inspection, or security.
2. A person or group of persons who perform such an act.
3. 1. A military unit sent out on a reconnaissance or combat mission.
   2. One or more military vehicles, boats, ships, or aircraft assigned to guard or reconnoiter a given area.
4. A division of a Boy Scout troop or Girl Scout troop consisting of between six and eight children.

v., -trolled, -trol·ling, -trols.

v.tr.

To engage in a patrol of.

v.intr.

To engage in a patrol.

[French patrouille, from patrouiller, to patrol, alteration of Old French patouiller, to paddle about in mud, patrol, probably from pate, paw. See patois.]

patroller pa·trol'ler n.

verb

To maintain or keep in order with or as if with police: police. See law.

v

Definition: guard, protect
Antonyms: ignore, neglect

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n. 1. a person or group of people sent to keep watch over an area, especially a detachment of guards or police: a police patrol stopped the man and searched him.

2. the action of keeping watch over an area by walking or driving around it at regular intervals: the policemen were on patrol when they were ordered to investigate the incident.

3. an expedition to carry out reconnaissance: we were ordered to investigate on a night patrol.

4. a detachment of troops sent out to reconnoiter: you couldn't go through the country without meeting an enemy patrol.

5. a routine operational voyage of a ship or aircraft: a submarine patrol.

v. patrolled, patrolling

keep watch over (an area) by regularly walking or traveling around or through it: the garrison had to patrol the streets to maintain order.

patroller n.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

(DOD, NATO) A detachment of ground, sea, or air forces sent out for the purpose of gathering information or carrying out a destructive, harassing, mopping-up, or security mission. See also combat air patrol.

IN BRIEF: To make regular trips around a place in order to guard it.

The security guard will patrol the shopping mall.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - patrulje
v. tr. - afpatruljere
v. intr. - patruljere

idioms:

• patrol car    patruljevogn
• patrol wagon    fange(transport)vogn

Nederlands (Dutch)
patrouille, verken- ningspatrouille, routinevlucht/ -vaart, patrouilleren

Français (French)
n. - patrouille
v. tr. - patrouiller
v. intr. - patrouiller

idioms:

• patrol car    voiture-patrouille, voiture de police
• patrol wagon    (US) fourgon cellulaire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Patrouille, Streife, Runde, Fähnlein, Gilde
v. - seine Runde machen, (ab)patrouillieren

idioms:

• patrol car    Streifenwagen
• patrol wagon    Gefangenenwagen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - περιπολία, περίπολος
v. - περιπολώ, εκτελώ περιπολία

idioms:

• patrol car    περιπολικό (της αστυνομίας)
• patrol wagon    (ΗΠΑ) όχημα μεταφοράς κρατουμένων

Italiano (Italian)
pattugliare, pattuglia

idioms:

• patrol car    autopattuglia
• patrol wagon    autopattuglia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - patrulha (f)
v. - patrulhar

idioms:

• patrol car    carro de patrulha
• patrol wagon    carro de presos

Русский (Russian)
патрулировать, патруль

idioms:

• patrol car    полицейская машина
• patrol wagon    воронок

Español (Spanish)
n. - patrulla
v. tr. - patrullar, rondar
v. intr. - patrullar

idioms:

• patrol car    coche patrulla
• patrol wagon    coche celular

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - patrull, patrullering
v. - patrullera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
巡逻, 侦察, 巡逻队, 巡逻兵, 巡逻舰队, 巡查

idioms:

• patrol car    巡逻车
• patrol wagon    护送囚犯的警车

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 巡邏, 偵察, 巡邏隊, 巡邏兵, 巡邏艦隊
v. tr. - 巡邏, 偵察
v. intr. - 巡邏, 巡查

idioms:

• patrol car    巡邏車
• patrol wagon    護送囚犯的警車

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 순찰, 순찰대, 소년단의 분대
v. tr. - 순찰하다, 무리 지어 행진하다
v. intr. - 초계하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 巡回, パトロール, 巡回者, 哨戒機, 班
v. - 巡回する

idioms:

• patrol car    パトロールカー
• patrol wagon    囚人護送車

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) دوريه, خفير (فعل) قام بدوريه, حرس, , طاف, خرج بجوله تفقديه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סיור, משמר נייד, ניידת, פטרול, צופים, טיסה/הפלגה מבצעית של אוניה או מטוס‬
v. tr. - ‮סייר, פיטרל‬
v. intr. - ‮פעל כסיור‬

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bmc patrol	snow patrol
nissan patrol	police tikes patrol police car