Synonyms:
posse, posse_comitatus
Meaning: a temporary police force
Usage examples
The return shots from the posse pattered against the window frame of the fort.
The members of the posse heard one shot fired inside, and then there was silence.
I pinned a penciled message on paper to the tub before departing, for the benefit of the posse, and my caravan was on the move again.
At the same time the rest of the posse, divided, shelled him from two side streets up which they were cautiously manoeuvring from a well-executed detour.
The posse, scattering broadly, stood ready to nip the besieged in case he should show himself in an effort to repel the juggernaut of justice that was creeping upon him.
Buck Patterson, tall, muscular, and solemn-faced, with his bright "City Marshal" badge shining on the breast of his blue flannel shirt, gave his posse directions for the onslaught upon Calliope.
Seven North-Enders had been seriously wounded, and a dozen South-Enders were reported on the sick list. The selectmen of the town awoke to the fact of what was going on, and detailed a posse of police to prevent further disturbance.