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patrulla — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cruiser noun A fast, medium-sized warship built for long-range operations.
  • patrol noun A group of soldiers, police officers, or guards that moves through an area to watch over it or look for trouble.

Senses

patrulla is used for these senses in English:

  • cruiser (US, law enforcement) A police patrol vehicle.
  • 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) The guards who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.
  • patrol car The car in which law enforcement officers, such as police officers or park rangers, patrol an area.
  • police car An automobile used by a police officer when on duty. Usually marked with police livery; sometimes an unmarked car.

cruiser — full definition

  1. noun A fast, medium-sized warship built for long-range operations.
  2. noun A large passenger ship used for pleasure voyages.
  3. noun A police patrol car.

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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