1an 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
a person or group of people sent to keep watch over an area:a police patrol stopped the man and searched him
[mass noun] the action of keeping watch over an area:the police were on patrol when they were ordered to investigate the incident
a routine operational voyage of a ship or aircraft:a submarine patrol
British an official who controls traffic where children cross the road:there were two schools but no crossing patrol
2a unit of six to eight Scouts or Guides forming part of a troop:break the Cubs into sixes and Scouts into patrols
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keep watch over (an area) by regularly walking or travelling around it:the garrison had to patrol the streets to maintain order [no object]:pairs of men were patrolling on each side of the thoroughfare
