patrol | the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes |
airborne patrol | a patrol provided by aircraft |
round-thelock patrol | a continuous nonstop patrol |
Border terrier | small roughoated terrier of British origin |
Border collie | developed in the area between Scotland and England usually having a black coat with white on the head and tip of tail used for herding both sheep and cattle |
border | a strip forming the outer edge of something, the rug had a wide blue border |
cruiser police cruiser patrol car police car prowl car squad car | a car in which policemen cruise the streets, equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters |
molding moulding border | a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge |
patrol boat patrol ship | a vessel assigned to patrol an area |
police van police wagon paddy wagon patrol wagon wagon black Maria | van used by police to transport prisoners |
United States Border Patrol US Border Patrol | the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States |
shore patrol | the military police of the navy |
patrol | a detachment used for security or reconnaissance |
border patrol | a group of officers who patrol the borders of a country |
harbor patrol | patrol of officers who police a harbor area |
patrol | a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security |
boundary line border borderline delimitation mete | a line that indicates a boundary |
borderland border district march marchland | district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area, the Welsh marches between England and Wales |
edge border | the boundary of a surface |
border patrolman | someone who patrols the borders of a country |
margin border perimeter | the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary |
border adjoin edge abut march butt butt against butt on | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary, Canada adjoins the U.S., England marches with Scotland |
surround environ ring skirt border | extend on all sides of simultaneously, encircle, The forest surrounds my property |
frame frame in border | enclose in or as if in a frame, frame a picture |
border edge | provide with a border or edge, edge the tablecloth with embroidery |
patrol police | maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol |
border on approach | come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character, This borders on discrimination!, His playing approaches that of Horowitz |
bound border | form the boundary of, be contiguous to |