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Definition of Patrol

Patrol See Boy Scout. 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; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat. 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. 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. The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol. Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol. Related Definitions: Along, Also, And, Any, As, Beat, Between, Beyond, Body, Boy, By, Chain, Consisting, Country, Detachment, District, Duty, Enemy, Explore, Fire, For, Four, From, Frontier, Gain, Go, Going, Guard, Insure, Intelligence, Is, It, Line, Men, Movement, Observation, Of, On, Or, Particular, Patrol, Perambulation, Police, Policeman, Scout, Security, See, Sentry, Small, The, Three, Thus, To, Traverse, Whereabouts, Who, Whose

Patrol Quotations Well, mines was a sub machine gun. That was my personal weapon with being the first person in the patrol. I used to lead the patrol. Used to have a leading scout, a second scout and then the officer. The officer would be third. As I say, it was educational. David Walker These are busy times for the Border Patrol, the customs agents, immigration folks; but if we are going to send these agencies to fight a war on drugs, to fight a war against illegal behavior, we have to send them the proper tools. Bob Filner I will continue to push for doubling the strength of the U.S. Border Patrol, and to make sure that every cargo container that enters this nation is screened for radiation and potential weapons of mass destruction. Nick Lampson My boyfriend's idea of a lesson was to take me on a black diamond run in the middle of a hail storm and say, 'Go!' Ski patrol had to escort me to another lift to get me down the mountain. No, that wasn't humiliating, not at all. Claudia Black Our border patrol does a great job under these very dangerous conditions. They use very sophisticated equipment, including gamma rays, to detect drugs and illegal immigrants as they enter the U.S. Timothy Murphy

Patrol Translations patrol in Dutch is patrouilleren patrol in French is patrouille patrol in German is Patrouille patrol in Italian is pattuglia patrol in Portuguese is patrulhe patrol in Spanish is patrulla patrol in Swedish is patrullera, avpatrullera, patrull

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