patrol : Idioms & Phrases

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airborne patrol

  • noun a patrol provided by aircraft
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border patrol

  • noun a group of officers who patrol the borders of a country
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Flank patrol

  • detachments acting independently of the column of an army, but patrolling along its flanks, to secure it against surprise and to observe the movements of the enemy.
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harbor patrol

  • noun patrol of officers who police a harbor area
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patrol boat

  • noun a vessel assigned to patrol an area
    patrol boat.
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patrol car

  • noun a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
    cruiser; squad car; police cruiser; prowl car; police car.
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patrol ship

  • noun a vessel assigned to patrol an area
    patrol boat.
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patrol wagon

  • noun van used by police to transport prisoners
    wagon; police van; paddy wagon; police wagon; black Maria.
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round-the-clock patrol

  • noun a continuous nonstop patrol
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shore patrol

  • noun the military police of the navy
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united states border patrol

  • noun the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States
    United States Border Patrol.
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us border patrol

  • noun the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States
    United States Border Patrol.
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