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shore patrol

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A detail of the US Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard serving as military police ashore.

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  • noun A special unit of the military police of the U.S. Navy or the Royal Navy. Their duties are to police the seamen while they are on shore leave.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the military police of the navy

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  1. military police
  2. mp

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  • john commented on the word shore patrol

    "The Navy equivalent of military police. Each Naval Base, in the States and abroad, has its own Shore Patrol. When making a port visit anywhere aside from its home port, each ship also sends a number of petty officers with the crew on liberty as Shore Patrol to police the actions of its own."

    - rubbermice.com

    February 27, 2008