Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA 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.
Ellipsis of posse comitatus.
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