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posse
posse /ˈpɒs.i/ aep /ˈpɑː.si/ noun [C, + sing/pl verb]
1 F0 a group of people who have come together for the same purpose: » The disgraced minister walked swiftly from the car to his house pursued by a whole posse of reporters.Thesaurus+: ↑Groups of people2 F0 in the past, a group of men in the US who were brought together to catch a criminal: » The sheriff rounded up a posse and went after the bank robbers.Thesaurus+: ↑Relating to detection and solving crimes3 F0 SLANG a group of friends: » I was hanging with my posse.Thesaurus+: ↑Friends, acquaintances and contemporaries |