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▸ noun: (now historical, in later use chiefly US) A group of people summoned to help law enforcement.
▸ noun: (US) A search party.
▸ noun: (US, Jamaica, slang) A criminal gang.
▸ noun: (colloquial) A group of (especially young) people seen as constituting a peer group or band of associates; a gang, a group of friends.
Similar:
posse comitatus,
crew,
throng,
cluster,
crowd,
congregation,
concourse,
swarm,
clutch,
gathering,
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Opposite:
Types:
posse comitatus,
posse commitatus,
posse of citizens,
posse of sheriffs,
posse of vigilantes,
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