posse in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

posse in the PONS Dictionary

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Each posse eventually came to be structured, with a particular leader in some cases called a general and a substructure divided into cells.
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The six men of the posse were each to receive a one-sixth share of the reward money.
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Even though a posse was swiftly formed to go after them, the bandits got away with $16,000, a great deal of money in those days.
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A posse of producers and radio staff joined in.
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Upon entering the town, he is attacked and fatally wounded by a posse or his victim's friends.
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His posse immediately became a hunting party where the men were split into 11 pairs, each pair bringing back a bear hide.
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A 16 man posse was organized to rescue the women.
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An armed posse of white men quickly gathered to capture the slaves.
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He stages a shootout with the outlaws, and tells the posse it had been a trap.
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In the gunfight that followed, the posse had to fire into the setting sun while the position of the outlaws was shaded.
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