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Noun: posse  pó-see
  1. [archaic] A temporary police force
    - posse comitatus
     
  2. [informal] A band of people associated temporarily in some activity
    "they organized a posse to search for food";
    - party, company

Derived forms: posses

Type of: band, Bill [Brit, informal], boys in blue [informal], circle, constabulary, fuzz [informal], law, lot, Old Bill [Brit, informal], police, police force, polis [UK, dialect, informal], set, the fuzz [informal]

Encyclopedia: Posse, Goiás