posse

A group of civilians called upon by a sheriff or other law enforcement official to assist temporarily in preserving the peace or pursuing and arresting a fugitive.

A search party.

A gang involved in crimes such as running guns and illegal narcotics trafficking.

A group of friends or associates.

Possibility.

A sheriff’s posse comitatus (see below); in general, a body or squad of men.

See posse comitatus.

See In posse in the Vocabulary.

A group of people summoned to help law enforcement

A search party