repatrol

repatrol

English

Etymology

re- +‎ patrol

Verb

repatrol (third-person singular simple present repatrols, present participle repatrolling, simple past and past participle repatrolled)

1. To patrol again.
   • 1976, Criminal Law Series - Volume 8, Issues 37-41:

     There is, however, some solid ground in this area that need not presently be repatrolled.

   • 1982, G. J. Slaughter, Field Co-ordinator's Report, page 151:

     Three visits were made and, in view of Isabi's low population (P.D.S. 1979 - 68 Residents) it was decided not to repatrol yet again.

   • 2013, Susan Brownmiller, Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape, →ISBN:

     There were no fixed targets, no objectives, no highways to take—it was patrol and repatrol, search and destroy.

Noun

repatrol (plural repatrols)

1. A patrol of an area that was already previously patrolled.
   • 1929, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), Report of the National Academy of Sciences, page 88:

     The United States Coast Guard also has furnished the committee with records of depth soundings taken in the North Atlantic in the course of its repatrol work which have their application to the study of the seismic area of the Grand Banks.

   • 1969, The Sierra Leone Gazette - Volume 100, page 196:

     ...medical scheme, travel on appointment and repatrol.

   • 1984, United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, Drug Law Enforcement Strategy (DEA, Coast Guard, Customs):

     ... thought it smarter to move them down there and make productive use of that 8-days' transit time that they were spending on a repatrol.