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pattugliamento — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • patrol noun A group of soldiers, police officers, or guards that moves through an area to watch over it or look for trouble.
  • policing noun The activity of maintaining law and order, or of monitoring and enforcing rules.

Senses

pattugliamento is used for these senses in English:

  • patrol (military) 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.
  • patrol (military) A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.
  • policing Patrolling by the police.

patrol — full definition

  1. noun A group of soldiers, police officers, or guards that moves through an area to watch over it or look for trouble.
  2. verb To move regularly through an area in order to guard it or check for problems.

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