patrol

• administrate
• attend
• baby
• babysit
• battalion
• chaperon
• chaperone
• command
• commando
• company
• conduct
• control
• corps
• detachment
• detail
• direct
• division
• firing squad
• govern
• guard
• guide
• manage
• mind
• mother
• operate
• outpost
• oversee
• paratroops
• picket
• platoon
• police
• protect
• rear guard
• regiment
• regulate
• run
• safeguard
• sentry
• shepherd
• shield
• squad
• squadron
• steward
• superintend
• supervise
• tend
• troop
• watch
• wing

• abandon
• disregard
• forget
• ignore
• neglect
• pass over

• noun
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. The guards who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.
  4. Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the people thus guarding.
  5. A unit of a troop, usually defined by certain ranks or age groups within the troop.
• verb
  1. To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
  2. To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman.

• The guards went on patrol around the perimeter of the base.
• A police patrol was dispatched to investigate the suspicious activity.
• Soldiers took turns keeping patrol during the night shift.
• The coast guard conducted a patrol to monitor illegal fishing.
• They spotted the intruder during a routine patrol of the area.

babysit

keep an eye on

keeper

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