See posse on Wiktionary
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"text": "Coordinate term: vigilante"
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"ref": "1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:",
"text": "He […] no sooner set his nose within the room to which he was directed, than the constable and his posse sprung upon him, before he had the least intimation of his design, or any opportunity of acting in his own defence.",
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"ref": "1986, Donald R. Lavash, Sheriff William Brady, Tragic Hero of the Lincoln County War, Sunstone Press, →ISBN, page 77:",
"text": "Mathews then appointed Morton as a deputy sheriff and after a posse had been selected, they went in pursuit of the criminals. Within a few hours, the posse overtook the thieves.",
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"ref": "2013, Andrew C. Isenberg, Wyatt Earp: A Vigilante Life, Hill and Wang, →ISBN, page 165:",
"text": "While Wyatt dismounted and aimed his shotgun at Brocius, the rest of his posse retreated.",
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"(now historical, in later use chiefly US) A group of people summoned to help law enforcement."
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"word": "järjestyspartio"
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"(US) A search party."
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"ref": "1997, Michael D. Lyman, Organized Crime, Prentice Hall, page 287:",
"text": "Jamaican posses can be traced back to the Jamaican neighborhoods, and posse names correspond to the names of each neighborhood in which the gangs operate.",
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"ref": "2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 4:",
"text": "Hey, sir? Sir, excuse me?” The blonde was calling out to him, in imperious tones that insisted on a reply. […] She was breaking a rule of big-city life, breaking it brazenly, sure of her power, confident of her turf and posse, fearing nothing.",
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"ref": "2014, April Boyd-Noronha, The Soul of a Single Parent: How to Snapback and Get Your SWAG On, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 77:",
"text": "But the few friends that I DO have are my “ride or die” chicks—my posse.",
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"form": "possessa",
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"form": "posseen",
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"form": "posseihin",
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{
"form": "possella",
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{
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"form": "posselta",
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{
"form": "posseilta",
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{
"form": "posselle",
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"form": "posseille",
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{
"form": "-",
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{
"form": "possein",
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{
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{
"form": "posseani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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{
"form": "possejani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
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{
"form": "possessani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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{
"form": "posseissani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"plural"
]
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{
"form": "possestani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"elative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseistani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"elative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseeni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"illative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseihini",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"illative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possellani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseillani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseltani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "fi-decl-nalle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "no gradation",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "8/nalle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "posse",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posset",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posse",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posset",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posset",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "possejen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possein",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural",
"rare"
]
},
{
"form": "possea",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseja",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possessa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseissa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possesta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"elative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseista",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"elative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"illative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseihin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"illative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possella",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseilla",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posselta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseilta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posselle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseille",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"essive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseina",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"essive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseksi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "posseiksi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "possetta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseitta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instructive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "possein",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instructive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "See the possessive forms below.",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comitative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "fi-decl-nalle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "no gradation",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "8/nalle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "fi-decl-nalle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "posseni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "possejeni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseini",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural",
"rare"
]
},
{
"form": "posseani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "possejani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possessani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseissani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possestani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"elative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseistani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"elative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseeni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"illative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseihini",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"illative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possellani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseillani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseltani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseiltani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posselleni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseilleni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possenani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"essive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseinani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"essive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possekseni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "posseikseni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "possettani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseittani",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instructive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instructive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseineni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "fi-decl-nalle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "possesi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "possesi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possesi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "possesi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possesi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "possesi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possesi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "possejesi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseisi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural",
"rare"
]
},
{
"form": "posseasi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "possejasi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possessasi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseissasi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possestasi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"elative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseistasi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"elative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseesi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"illative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseihisi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"illative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possellasi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseillasi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseltasi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseiltasi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possellesi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseillesi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possenasi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"essive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseinasi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"essive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseksesi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "posseiksesi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "possettasi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseittasi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instructive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instructive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseinesi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "fi-decl-nalle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "possemme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "possemme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possemme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "possemme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possemme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "possemme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possemme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "possejemme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseimme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural",
"rare"
]
},
{
"form": "posseamme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "possejamme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possessamme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseissamme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possestamme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"elative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseistamme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"elative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseemme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"illative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseihimme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"illative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possellamme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseillamme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseltamme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseiltamme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possellemme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseillemme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possenamme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"essive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseinamme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"essive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseksemme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "posseiksemme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "possettamme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseittamme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instructive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instructive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseinemme",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "fi-decl-nalle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "possenne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "possenne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possenne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "possenne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possenne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "possenne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possenne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "possejenne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseinne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural",
"rare"
]
},
{
"form": "posseanne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "possejanne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possessanne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseissanne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possestanne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"elative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseistanne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"elative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseenne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"illative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseihinne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"illative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possellanne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseillanne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseltanne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseiltanne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possellenne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseillenne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "possenanne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"essive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseinanne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"essive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "posseksenne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "posseiksenne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "possettanne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "posseittanne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"abessive",
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"english": "The Hour of the Star",
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"ref": "2015 November 26, São José Almeida, “Cavaco deverá sublinhar desafios ao dar posse a Costa”, in Público:",
"text": "No Palácio da Ajuda, tomarão posse todos os membros do Governo, os 17 ministros e os 41 secretários de Estado, numa cerimónia conjunta à imagem do que aconteceu a 30 de Outubro, com o XX Governo, liderado por Pedro Passos Coelho.",
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