"posse" meaning in Jamaican Creole

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpa.sɪ/ Forms: posse dem [plural], posse [quantified]
Etymology: From English posse. Etymology templates: {{der|jam|en|posse}} English posse Head templates: {{head|jam|nouns|10=|head=posse}} posse, {{jam-noun}} posse (plural posse dem, quantified posse)
  1. criminal crew; gang; posse Related terms: backitive, crew, Klansman, One Order, Shower Posse
    Sense id: en-posse-jam-noun-mW0Yh2mH Categories (other): Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 5 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 1 5 22 6 9 20 20 4 2 7 1 1 2 1 0
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "posse"
      },
      "expansion": "English posse",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English posse.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "posse dem",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "posse",
      "tags": [
        "quantified"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "10": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "head": "posse"
      },
      "expansion": "posse",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "posse (plural posse dem, quantified posse)",
      "name": "jam-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "po‧sse"
  ],
  "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
  "lang_code": "jam",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 5 22 6 9 20 20 4 2 7 1 1 2 1 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I don't belong to any criminal crews. I don't belong to any gangs.",
          "text": "Nuh walk inna posse, mi nuh walk inna gang.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "criminal crew; gang; posse"
      ],
      "id": "en-posse-jam-noun-mW0Yh2mH",
      "links": [
        [
          "criminal",
          "criminal"
        ],
        [
          "crew",
          "crew"
        ],
        [
          "gang",
          "gang"
        ],
        [
          "posse",
          "posse#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "backitive"
        },
        {
          "word": "crew"
        },
        {
          "word": "Klansman"
        },
        {
          "word": "One Order"
        },
        {
          "word": "Shower Posse"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpa.sɪ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "posse"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "posse"
      },
      "expansion": "English posse",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English posse.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "posse dem",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "posse",
      "tags": [
        "quantified"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jam",
        "10": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "head": "posse"
      },
      "expansion": "posse",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "posse (plural posse dem, quantified posse)",
      "name": "jam-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "po‧sse"
  ],
  "lang": "Jamaican Creole",
  "lang_code": "jam",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "backitive"
    },
    {
      "word": "crew"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klansman"
    },
    {
      "word": "One Order"
    },
    {
      "word": "Shower Posse"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header",
        "Jamaican Creole lemmas",
        "Jamaican Creole nouns",
        "Jamaican Creole terms derived from English",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Jamaican Creole terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I don't belong to any criminal crews. I don't belong to any gangs.",
          "text": "Nuh walk inna posse, mi nuh walk inna gang.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "criminal crew; gang; posse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "criminal",
          "criminal"
        ],
        [
          "crew",
          "crew"
        ],
        [
          "gang",
          "gang"
        ],
        [
          "posse",
          "posse#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpa.sɪ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "posse"
}

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