posse
Deputized search party
A posse is a group assembled for a common purpose, originally a body of citizens summoned by a sheriff to help capture a criminal or keep order.
The Old West imagery persists: The sheriff rounded up a posse to track the outlaws.
In casual use, posse means any group of friends or associates: He showed up with his whole posse.
Appointed subordinate representatives
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
- marshalArrange in proper order
- constableLow-ranking peace officer
- badgesWorn symbols of status
patrol · enforcement · warrant · arrest · apprehend · jurisdiction · pursuit · manhunt
County's chief officer
- outlawsFugitives from justice
- cowboysRanch hands tending herds
- frontierEdge of settlement
- horsebackAtop a steed
manhunt · vigilantes · deputies · marshal · bounty hunters · wanted poster · six-shooters · badges
Small working group
- entourageAttendants accompanying someone important
- gangOrganized criminal group
- cliqueExclusive social group
- crewWorking team aboard
homies · squad goals · ride-or-die · buddies · pals · friends · companions · cohort
County's chief officer
- summonCall to appear
- citizensMembers of a nation
- militiaNon-professional armed force
- levyCompulsory government charge
writ · authority · jurisdiction · common law · conscript · able-bodied · duty · compel
deputies
Appointed subordinate representatives
badges · patrol · enforcement · warrant · arrest · apprehend · jurisdiction · pursuit · manhunt · fugitive
sheriff
County's chief officer
horseback · manhunt · vigilantes · deputies · marshal · bounty hunters · wanted poster · six-shooters · badges · territory
squad
Small working group
- entourageAttendants accompanying someone important
- gangOrganized criminal group
- cliqueExclusive social group
crew · homies · squad goals · ride-or-die · buddies · pals · friends · companions · cohort · circle
sheriff
County's chief officer
levy · writ · authority · jurisdiction · common law · conscript · able-bodied · duty · compel · emergency
posseloner
One who avoids company
lone wolf · individual · lone ranger · soloist · one-man show
posseenemy
Hostile opposing party
adversary · opposition · foe · antagonist · opponent
- as soon as possibleAt the earliest time
- if possibleContingent on feasibility
- as much as possibleTo the maximum extent
- whenever possibleAt any opportunity that arises
- not possibleUnable to occur
- prized possessionHighly valued personal item
possible, impossible, possess, possession, possessive, possessor, repossess, dispossess, repossession