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 Definitions of Posse  [ˈpɒs i]  

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Definition of 'Posse' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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

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

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

Etymology:  (1575–85; < ML posse (comitātūs) power (of the county), n. use of L inf.: to be able, have power; cf. potent1)

Definition of 'Posse' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) posse, posse comitatus
a temporary police force


Definition of 'Posse' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Posse
see Posse comitatus


Translation of 'Posse' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (especially American) a number of policemen who go out together to find a criminal etc.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: bende, kommando Arabic flag Arabic: جماعَة من الشُرْطَه يَخرج Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: полицейски отряд
Brazilian flag Brazilian: patrulha Czech flag Czech: policejní oddíl German flag German: das (Polizei-)Aufgebot
Danish flag Danish: eftersøgningshold Greek flag Greek: αστυνομικό απόσπασμα Spanish flag Spanish: pelotón, patrulla
Estonian flag Estonian: salk, jõuk Farsi flag Farsi: گروه مسلح Finnish flag Finnish: etsintäpartio
French flag French: détachement (de policiers Hebrew flag Hebrew: פְּלוּגָת שוֹטרִים Hindi flag Hindi: दल, टुकडी़
Croatian flag Croatian: potjera, skupina dobrovol Hungarian flag Hungarian: különítmény Indonesian flag Indonesian: seregu polisi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: lið lögreglumanna; leitar Italian flag Italian: squadra, pattuglia Japanese flag Japanese: 一隊
Korean flag Korean: 무장대, 경관대 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: policijos būrys Latvian flag Latvian: policistu vienība
Malay flag Malay: sekumpulan polis Dutch flag Dutch: politiemacht Norwegian flag Norwegian: politistyrke; letestyrke
Polish flag Polish: oddział, grupa pościgowa Persian flag Persian: گروه مسلح Pashto flag Pashto: مسلحه ډله
Portuguese flag Portuguese: patrulha Romanian flag Romanian: grup de poliţişti Russian flag Russian: отряд полицейских
Slovak flag Slovak: policajný oddiel Slovenian flag Slovenian: policijski odred Serbian flag Serbian: potera
Swedish flag Swedish: polisuppbåd Thai flag Thai: กองกำลังตำรวจ Turkish flag Turkish: takım, müfreze
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (警察)一隊 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: поліцейський загін Urdu flag Urdu: پولس کا دستہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đội cảnh sát Chinese flag Chinese: (警察)一队

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