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パトロールする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Commonly used for police, security, or military patrols. As a suru-verb, it means 'to patrol' or 'to go on patrol'.

〈場ば所しょ〉をパトロールするto patrol a place
警けい察さつ官かんが公こう園えんをパトロールしている。
A police officer is patrolling the park.
パトロールに出でるto go out on patrol
警けい備び員いんは夜よるのパトロールに出でた。
The security guard went out on his night patrol.
パトロールを強きょう化かするto strengthen/increase patrols
事じ件けんのあと、地ち域いきのパトロールが強きょう化かされた。
After the incident, patrols in the area were increased.

巡じゅん回かいN1
巡回 is a formal, native Japanese term for making systematic rounds, while パトロール is the everyday loanword especially associated with police or security patrols.
見み回まわり
見回り is a casual native Japanese word for checking an area by walking or driving around, whereas パトロール suggests a more official, uniformed patrol.
見み回まわるN2
パトロールする is a loanword that sounds modern and is typically used for police or security patrols, whereas 見回る is a native, more general term usable by any watchman or caretaker.
巡じゅん視し
パトロール is a casual loanword for patrol commonly used for police or security rounds, while 巡視 is the formal, often bureaucratic term for an official inspection tour.

Loanword from English 'patrol'.