posse

pos·se

 (pŏs′ē)

n.

1. A group of civilians called upon by a sheriff or other law enforcement official to assist temporarily in preserving the peace or pursuing and arresting a fugitive. Also called posse comitatus.

2. A search party.

3. A gang involved in crimes such as running guns and illegal narcotics trafficking.

4. Slang A group of friends or associates.

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[Short for posse comitatus.]

posse

(ˈpɒsɪ)

n

1. (Law) Also called: posse comitatus US the able-bodied men of a district assembled together and forming a group upon whom the sheriff may call for assistance in maintaining law and order

2. (Law) law possibility (esp in the phrase in posse)

3. slang a Jamaican street gang in the US

4. informal a group of friends or associates

[C16: from Medieval Latin (n): power, strength, from Latin (vb): to be able, have power]

pos•se

(ˈpɒs i)

n.

1. a body of persons given legal authority to assist a peace officer esp. in an emergency.

2. a body of persons summoned for the purpose of making a search.

3. Slang. a group of friends or associates: a posse of drug dealers.

[1575–85; < Medieval Latin posse (comitātūs) power (of the county), n. use of Latin infinitive: to be able, have power; compare potent¹]

Posse

 a company or force with legal authority; a strong band of persons, animals, etc.

Examples: posse of articles (literary), 1728; of constables, 1753; of enthusiasts; of hell, 1645; of mechanisation, 1797; of silent people, 1872; of policemen, 1884; of the rabble, 1678; of ranters; of sheriffs; of cock turkeys, 1841; of silly women.

posse

A group of citizens summoned by a sheriff to help in maintaining law and order.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

posse - a temporary police force posse comitatus constabulary, police, police force, law - the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him" posseman - an able-bodied man serving as a member of a posse

Translations

policejní oddíl

eftersøgningshold

AufgebotPolizeiaufgebot

galeri

liî lögreglumanna; leitarflokkur

drappellogruppo di uomini

policijos būrys

policistu vienība

letestyrkepolitistyrke

policajný oddiel

müfrezetakım

一队

posse

[ˈpɒsɪ] N (esp US) → pelotón m

posse

[ˈpɒsi] n (US) → détachement m

posse

n (US: = sheriff’s posse) → Aufgebot nt; (fig) → Gruppe f, → Schar f; (of youths, criminals) → Gang f, → Bande f; posse of searchers → Suchtrupp m

posse

[ˈpɒsɪ] n (Am) → gruppo armato di volontari

posse

(ˈposi) noun

(especially American) a number of policemen who go out together to find a criminal etc. bende, kommando جماعَة من الشُرْطَه يَخرجون مَعاً للبَحث عن المُجْرِم полицейски отряд patrulha policejní oddíl das (Polizei-)Aufgebot eftersøgningshold αστυνομικό απόσπασμα pelotón, patrulla salk, jõuk گروه مسلح etsintäpartio détachement פְּלוּגָת שוֹטרִים दल, टुकडी़ potjera, skupina dobrovoljaca különítmény seregu polisi lið lögreglumanna; leitarflokkur squadra, pattuglia 一隊 무장대, 경관대 policijos būrys policistu vienība sekumpulan polis politiemachtpolitistyrke; letestyrkeoddział, grupa pościgowa مسلحه ډله patrulha grup de poliţişti отряд полицейских policajný oddiel policijski odred potera polisuppbåd กองกำลังตำรวจ takım, müfreze (警察)一隊 поліцейський загін پولس کا دستہ đội cảnh sát （警察）一队