posse

Plural: posses

Noun

• A body of persons summoned to assist a sheriff; a group of friends.
• a temporary police force
• A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd.
• A group of people summoned to help law enforcement.
• A search party.
• A criminal gang.
• A group of (especially young) people seen as constituting a peer group or band of associates; a gang, a group of friends.

Examples

• His Scrabble posse always met on Tuesdays for a competitive game.

Synonyms

posse comitatus

Related Words

in posse