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posses

NOUN
vigilantes
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While tagging along as Duke’s guest, Whiskey inevitably ends up getting sucked into the posse’s festering drama and witnessing some shocking events.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2022

It’s as if the trajectory of Hannah and her posse’s lives have also taken over the writer’s room.

From The Guardian • Feb. 20, 2016

With the route to the railroad station completely blocked, and the posse’s whereabouts sure to be exposed at any moment, Jennings turned to innkeeper Oliver Wadsworth for assistance.

From Slate • Sep. 22, 2015

When the posse’s leader disappears, the friends try to become real re-enactors.

From Salon • May 29, 2012

Most of the posse’s men collapsed closer to the tree line, on mossy ground, among large rocks.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols



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