posse
81posse comitatus — noun a) The able bodied men over 15 in a given county who can be summoned by the sheriff to help keep the peace, or arrest a felon; also a group of men so gathered. With him retired his ‘posse comitatus,’ / The attorney last …
82posse comitatus — (PAH see koh mee TAH tus) [Latin: posse of the county] A group of men called together by a sheriff or peace officer to assist in making arrests, stopping a riot, etc …
83posse comitatus — noun a temporary police force • Syn: ↑posse • Hypernyms: ↑police, ↑police force, ↑constabulary, ↑law • Member Meronyms: ↑posseman …
84posse — noun /ˈpɒsɪ/ a) A group of people summoned to help law enforcement b) A search party See Also: vigilante …
85POSSE — Preserve Our Student Shows For Eternity (Community » Educational) * Pluto And Outer Solar System Explorer (Governmental » NASA) * Party Of Sixth Seventh And Eighth (Community » Law) …
86Posse — Of all the surnames which derive from the saints and disciples of the Christian church, Petros meaning The rock has provided the world with the greatest number of both given names and the later medieval surnames. In their different spellings… …
87posse — Synonyms and related words: Cheka, FBI, Gestapo, Interpol, KP, MP, MVD, Mounties, NKVD, OGPU, RCMP, SP, Scotland Yard, age group, army, army group, band, battalion, battery, battle group, bevy, body, brigade, bunch, cabal, cadre, cast, clique,… …
88Posse — 1. gang of graffiti artists; 2. any youth gang …
89posse — I Australian Slang 1. gang of graffiti artists; 2. any youth gang II U.S.A.; Pittsburgh, PA one s own circle of friends …
90Posse — Pọs·se die; , n; ein einfaches und lustiges Theaterstück || ID Possen reißen dumme Witze machen || NB: ↑Lustspiel || hierzu pọs·sen·haft Adj …
