n. 25B6; noun
anti-poaching patrols : VIGIL, guard, watch, monitoring, policing, beat-pounding, patrolling; reconnoitre, surveillance; informal recce.
the patrol stopped a suspect : PATROLMAN, PATROLWOMAN, sentinel, sentry; scout, scouting party, task force.
25B6; verb a security guard was patrolling a housing estate : KEEP GUARD (ON), guard, keep watch (on); police, pound the beat (of), make the rounds (of); stand guard (over), keep a vigil (on), defend, safeguard.