patrolverb [ I or T ]
uk/pəˈtrəʊl/us/pəˈtroʊl/-ll-(especially of soldiers or the police) to go around an area or a building to see if there is any trouble or danger:
The whole town is patrolled by police because of the possibility of riots.
A security guard with a dog patrols the building site at night.
Coastguards found a deserted boat while patrolling (along) the coast.
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Defending and protecting
- baby
- bandobast
- bastion
- biodefence
- cherish
- featherbed
- guard
- kill
- mollycoddle
- mother
- out of harm's way idiom
- overprotective
- proof
- proof
- protect
- protective
- rustproof
- wet nurse
- wrap
- wrap sb (up) in cotton wool idiom
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The police generally
patrolnoun
uk/pəˈtrəʊl/us/pəˈtroʊl/patrol noun (CHECKING)
[ C or U ] the act of checking that there is no trouble or danger in a building or area:
a highway patrol
Three reconnaissance aircraft are permanently on patrol.
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The police generally
- baton
- baton charge
- billy club
- booze bus
- CID
- constabulary
- escort
- fuzz
- met
- patrol car
- plain clothes
- police
- police department
- police force
- the fraud squad
- the long arm of the law idiom
- the Metropolitan Police
- the RCMP
- the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- warrant
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patrol noun (GROUP)
[ C, + sing/pl verb ] a small group of soldiers or military ships, aircraft, or vehicles, especially one that patrols an area:
Our forward patrol has/have spotted the enemy.
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Parts of armies & groups of servicemen
- bomb squad
- command
- contingent
- corps
- division
- divisional
- general staff
- guard of honour
- infantry
- military policeman
- platoon
- regiment
- reinforcement
- reserve
- squad
- ta
- task force
- the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- the military police
- the Territorial Army
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