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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 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.
( 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.
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.
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.
noun. /pəˈtrəʊl/ [countable, uncountable] the act of going to different parts of a building, an area, etc. to make sure that there is no trouble or crime. Security guards make regular patrols at night. on patrol a police car on patrol. Extra Examples. Topics Law and justice c1, War and conflict c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
