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View definitions for patrol

patrol

noun as in guarding; guard

verb as in guard, protect

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In recent months, the city has increased police foot patrols in the neighborhood and deployed mental health outreach workers and teams to help those overdosing on drugs.

Soldiers on patrol were met with peasant militias and booby traps.

From Salon

The UK and France have ramped up efforts to stop Channel crossings, including intensifying patrols on French beaches, intercepting small boats and apprehending the smugglers who organise the crossings.

From BBC

Alternatively, French bombers could patrol European borders, in the same way they regularly do French borders today.

From BBC

The local authority also proposed savings which include cuts to school crossing patrols.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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