Definition of "patrols" []

• Plural form of patrol. (noun)

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• "A new study of wild chimpanzees shows that the biggest predictor of territorial boundary patrols is the number of males in the group."
• "The job of the handlers, who are highly skilled at avoiding Israeli army checkpoints or police patrols, is to deliver the bomber as close to the target as possible."
• "On that date, thirty-eight years ago, my platoon of Marines was conducting patrols from a hill in the middle of "Dodge City," a hostile area about 15 miles southwest of Da Nang, South Vietnam."