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| patrolman |
a male police officer or guard assigned to patrol a particular route or area. |
| patrolwoman |
a female police officer or guard assigned to patrol a particular route or area. |
| police car |
a car used by police officers and equipped with a radiotelephone; patrol car; squad car. |
| PT boat |
a small, swift, highly maneuverable torpedo boat, used esp. to patrol and torpedo enemy merchant ships. |
| ranger |
a member of a security force employed to patrol a particular area, esp. a parkland or forest. [1/3 definitions] |
| SP |
abbreviation of "Shore Patrol," those members of the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, or Marines that are designated as military police on shore. |
| wagon |
a police van for carrying prisoners; patrol wagon. [1/6 definitions] |
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