posse
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
posse (plural posses)
- (US, historical) A group of people summoned to help law enforcement.
- cot en
- 1986, Donald R. Lavash, Sheriff William Brady, Tragic Hero of the Lincoln County War, Sunstone Press (ISBN 9780865340640), page 77:
- Mathews then appointed Morton as a deputy sheriff and after a posse had been selected, they went in pursuit of the criminals. Within a few hours, the posse overtook the thieves.
- 2013, Andrew C. Isenberg, Wyatt Earp: A Vigilante Life, Hill and Wang (ISBN 9781429945479), page 165:
- While Wyatt dismounted and aimed his shotgun at Brocius, the rest of his posse retreated.
- (US) A search party.
- (US, Jamaica) A criminal gang.
- 1997, Michael D. Lyman, Organized Crime, Prentice Hall, page 287:
- Jamaican posses can be traced back to the Jamaican neighborhoods, and posse names correspond to the names of each neighborhood in which the gangs operate.
- 1997, Michael D. Lyman, Organized Crime, Prentice Hall, page 287:
- (by extension) A group of associates.
- 2014, April Boyd-Noronha, The Soul of a Single Parent: How to Snapback and Get Your SWAG On, AuthorHouse (ISBN 9781491898376), page 77:
- But the few friends that I DO have are my “ride or die” chicks—my posse.
- 2014, April Boyd-Noronha, The Soul of a Single Parent: How to Snapback and Get Your SWAG On, AuthorHouse (ISBN 9781491898376), page 77:
- German: Trupp
- Russian: вооружённый
- Spanish: posse comitatus
- Russian: поиско́вый
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