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Definitions of patrol
n. - See Boy Scout. ²
v. i. - To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat. ²
v. - t To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat. ²
v. i. - 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
v. i. - 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. ²
v. i. - The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol. ²
v. i. - Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol. ²

The word "patrol" uses 6 letters: A L O P R T.

Direct anagrams of patrol:
  portal

Words formed by adding one letter before or after patrol (in bold), or to aloprt in any order:
c -   caltrop   e -   prolate   m -   marplot   s -   patrols   portals  

Shorter words found within patrol:
al   alp   alt   alto   aport   apt   ar   art   at   atop   la   lap   lar   lat   lo   lop   lot   lota   oar   oat   op   opal   opt   or   ora   oral   ort   pa   pal   par   parol   part   pat   plat   plot   pol   polar   port   pot   prao   prat   pro   proa   rap   rapt   rat   rato   rot   rota   rotl   ta   tao   tap   tar   taro   tarp   to   tola   tolar   top   tor   tora   trap   trop  

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