Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes.
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- verb Present participle of
patrol .
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Examples
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I agree that single patrolling is a bad idea, I have lost count of the times I have stopped 2 or more known criminals seeing me on my own 1 will “kick off” requiring all my diplomacy and tact to calm him down while matie with the class A/Stolen items walks away quietly.
‘Single Crewed’ In Ruralshire « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Perhaps we should take it as one of those boundary-crossing fictions that deliberately provokes us into reconsidering our assumptions about form, even suggests that we should be less vigilant in patrolling those boundaries?
Experimental Fiction 2010
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The next day company leaders will conduct reconnaissance and begin patrolling the streets of Arcadia to identify possible locations of the weapons dealer.
Carroll National Guard To Conduct Door To Door Gun Confiscation Drills in Arcadia, Iowa 2010
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I can't see that there's a direct correlation (for example, a 10% increase in patrolling equals a 20% reduction in crime) sufficient to satisfy an accountant, but I can see the sense in it.
Crime and punishment in Labour Britain Not a sheep 2009
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Soldiers will begin patrolling the streets as rescue efforts continue alongside “isolated outbreaks of looting.”
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We at MTV News couldn't be more grateful that the U.S.S. Enterprise is once again patrolling outer space, which is why Abrams and Pine are two of the entertainers we're most thankful for in 2009.
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The Guardian Angels, a national citizen volunteer crime-fighting organization, will begin patrolling two Milwaukee County Transit System bus routes today, a member of the Milwaukee chapter of the organization said Thursday.
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One has to wonder how the Iraqi's will feel about having to wait for their equipment when they too are driving around in armoured Land Rovers - with the same tragic results experienced by the British Army – and are expected to take on increasing responsibility for patrolling from the British.
I got it wrong Richard 2006
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| Reply it makes you wonder if pac-man is really a pumpkin patrolling his neighborhood for ghosts and candy …
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Today’s comic: Halloween is getting close 2005
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The NYTimes reports on a group of volunteers who will begin patrolling the Arizona border to catch illegals coming in from Mexico.
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