age group, cabal, contingent, dragnet, garrison, law enforcement agency, peer group, ransacking, section, still hunt, turning over
Definitionn. a temporary police force
Last update: August 27, 2015
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The sheriff rounded up a posse. [Please select]
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He was followed everywhere by a posse of journalists. [Please select]
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Jones; he was rescued and taken to Lawrence; the city disclaimed complicity, but Jones persuaded Governor Wilson Shannon that there was rebellion, and Shannon authorized a posse; Missouri responded, and a pro-slavery force marched on Lawrence. [Please select]
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"We want no posse comitatus," he had said, somewhat discourteously. [Please select]
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Twenty-one Passengers secreted in Captain Fountain's Boat--Mayor and Posse of Officers on the Boat searching for U. [Please select]
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The mayor of the city with a posse of officers with axes and long spears repaired to Captain F. [Please select]
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The mayor and his posse seemed, if not dreadfully frightened, completely confounded, and by the time Captain F. [Please select]
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Rangers or a posse of ranchers in pursuit of a fugitive. [Please select]
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Toward the middle of the afternoon a young fellow burst into the saloon and yelled one word: "Posse." [Please select]
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The posse entered the town, trotted up on dusty horses, and halted in a bunch before the tavern. [Please select]
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Duane experienced considerable satisfaction at the absence of the sheriff who he had understood was to lead the posse. [Please select]
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