patrol

/pəˈtrəʊl/ noun

Translation

ACT [C, U] › the act of looking for trouble or danger around an area or building

devriye

We passed a group of soldiers on patrol. a patrol boat/car1991

SOLDIERS [C] › a group of soldiers or vehicles that patrol an area or building

askerî devriye, devriye araçları

a border patrol an armed patrol712

(Definition of patrol noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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