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posse

[pos-ee] / ˈpɒs i /
NOUN
vigilantes
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You wouldn't see such gesticulation from a posse of policemen directing traffic at a busy crossroads.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

But for now, no other posse of stocks has come to take their place.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

His law firm had invented “Mass Torts Made Perfect” and ran it as a conference for elite plaintiffs’ attorneys nationwide to rub elbows and strategize, making him the unofficial president of the polo club posse.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

But when Gaga and her posse arrive at their destination across town, the same young woman has beaten them there, and waits with a sharpie and a photo.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2025

You rolled with a posse to the party as sure as you wore boots in the snow, or raised an umbrella in the rain.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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