noun
A unit engaged in patrolling
guard, watch, protection; see army 2.
The action of patrolling
guarding, watching, safeguarding, protecting, defending, escorting, convoying, scouting.
verb
watch, walk, walk a beat, make inspection; see guard 2.
See patrol in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To maintain or keep in order with or as if with police:
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