English-Finnish translations for patrol

• partio
• partioida
  Nopeiden rajainterventioryhmien tehtävänä on näin ollen partioida EU:n ulkorajojen ympäristössä isäntäjäsenvaltion kansallisen rajavartioston alaisuudessa. These teams will therefore have the task of patrolling the areas surrounding the EU's external borders under the authority of the national border guards of the host Member State.
• partiointi
  Ensinnäkin viime viikolla käynnistettiin partiointi Välimerellä. Firstly, last week saw the start of patrols in the Mediterranean.
• vartio
• vartiomies

Definition of patrol

• A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts
• The guards who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol
• A unit of a troop, usually defined by certain ranks or age groups within the troop
• To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat

Examples

• a customs patrol
• a fire patrol
• to patrol a frontier
• to patrol a beat

Related words

• patrolling
• patrolman
• patrology
• patroller
• patrologist
• autopatrolled
• patrological
• patrol vessel
• patrol boat