Definition of "patrol" []

• The act of moving about an area especially by an authorized and trained person or group, for purposes of observation, inspection, or security. (noun)
• A person or group of persons who perform such an act. (noun)
• A military unit sent out on a reconnaissance or combat mission. (noun)
• One or more military vehicles, boats, ships, or aircraft assigned to guard or reconnoiter a given area. (noun)
• A division of a Boy Scout troop or Girl Scout troop consisting of between six and eight children. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• ""In the building where we are right now, the booking room and the report writing room, or what we call the patrol workroom, are the same room," Mihlon explained."
• "Walls don't work, Border patrol is laughable, and deploying the National Guard is simply a waste of time."
• "The pink-eye patrol is off to Albuquerque to spread our disease throughout the American Southwest, so blogging will be noticeably irregular for the rest of the week."