patrol
/pəˈtroʊl/
verb
- To move around an area to keep it safe or to watch for problems.
- Drones patrol the coastline to look for illegal fishing boats.
- She patrols the hallways during lunch to make sure students are safe.
- The guard patrols the parking lot every night.
noun
- The act of moving around an area to keep it safe or to watch for problems.
- Police officers increased their patrol in the neighborhood after the break-ins.
- The security guard does a patrol of the building every hour.
- The soldiers went on a night patrol through the forest.
- A person or group that moves around an area to keep it safe or to watch for problems.
- The ski patrol helps injured skiers on the mountain.
- A patrol of three officers arrived at the scene quickly.
- The border patrol stopped a suspicious vehicle at the checkpoint.