English-French translations for patrol

  • patrouilleLes patrouilles communes continueront de fonctionner. We will continue to work on joint patrols. Premièrement, les patrouilles dans la Méditerranée ont débuté la semaine dernière. Firstly, last week saw the start of patrols in the Mediterranean. Le "tout sécuritaire", les patrouilles et les fils de fer barbelé ne viendront pas à bout de leur volonté de fuir. The overemphasis on law and order, the patrols and the barbed wired fences will not overcome their desire to escape.
  • patrouiller
  • ronde
    Jusqu'à présent, Malte a patrouillé dans cette zone toute seule, car Frontex n'a pas encore commencé ses rondes. Until now Malta has patrolled this area single-handedly because Frontex has not even begun its rounds as yet.

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

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