border patrol

collocation in English

meaningsofborderandpatrol

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border
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɔː.dər/us
/ˈbɔːr.dɚ/
a line that has been agreed to divide one country ...
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patrol
noun
uk
/pəˈtrəʊl/us
/pəˈtroʊl/
the act of checking that there is no trouble or danger in a building ...
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(Definition ofborderandpatrolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The helicopters will be used for utility tasks, troop transport, search and rescue,borderpatrol, special forces operations, law enforcement and homeland security.
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Early applications include wildlife poaching activity over large territories, pipeline monitoring,borderpatroland geological surveys.
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Approximately 60% of forces were used forborderpatroland surveillance duties.
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Once they reachborderpatrol, they are questioned.
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There were also approximately six older gunboats used forborderpatrol, minelayers and other auxiliary ships used for transport or supply.
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The player would also have to avoid local army andborderpatrolduring these missions.
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With a strength of 240,000 personnel in 186 battalions, including women personnel, it is one of the world's largestborderpatrolforces.
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We came across a unit ofborderpatrolguards in a car - about twelve with an officer at their head.
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Formerly intransigent customs andborderpatrolagencies were later combined and then separated into border security and enforcement divisions.
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That is an operational decision by the security forces to rationalise the network ofborderpatrolbases—those that must remain.
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That would bring together many existing agencies such as the coast guard, theborderpatrol, the customs service, immigration officials, the transport security administration and the federal emergency management agency.
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Borderpatrolsoldiers then captured a hairy 2-legged female creature that ate meat and vegetation.
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The garrison is responsible of militaryborderpatrol.
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The company is marketing these vehicles to police forces, foreign armies forborderpatrolor for riot control.
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He has previously stated he is opposed to using military resources forborderpatrol.
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His plan includes building a border fence, increasedborderpatrolpersonnel, and increases in visas for skilled workers who enter the country legally.
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Through the use of modular mission packages, the ships will be capable of operating in multiple roles, primarilyborderpatrol, mine warfare, and hydrographic survey.
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There is aborderpatroldog exhibit, an art exhibit and an exhibit of officer badges.
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Sheremet and his companions were detained by aborderpatrolafter jumping a fence to film unguarded areas.
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There are 161 local police stations across the country, 62borderpatrolstations and 49 traffic police stations.
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The helicopters will be used for utility tasks, troop transport, search and rescue,borderpatrol, special forces operations, and law enforcement.
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