posse

/หˆpษ’.si/

IPA: /P AA1 S IY0/

noun
  1. 1

    A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd.

  2. 2

    A group of people summoned to help law enforcement.

  3. 3

    A search party.

  4. 4

    A criminal gang.

  5. 5

    A group of (especially young) people seen as constituting a peer group or band of associates; a gang, a group of friends.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/posse