Posse is a shortened form of

posse comitatus The ''posse comitatus'' (from the Latin for "power of the county/community/guard"), frequently shortened to posse, is in common law a group of people mobilized by the conservator of peace – typically a reeve, sheriff, chief, or another speci ...

, a group of people summoned to assist law enforcement. The term is also used colloquially to mean a group of friends or associates. Posse may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''Posse'' (1975 film), US Western film produced, directed and starring Kirk Douglas * ''Posse'' (1993 film), US revisionist Western film directed by and starring Mario Van Peebles * " Posse (I Need You on the Floor)", a 2001 single by German band Scooter *

Posse cut A posse cut is a popular form of song in hip hop music that involves successive verses by four or more rappers.Edwards, Paul, 2009, ''How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC'', Chicago Review Press, p. 221. Tracks described as posse cuts ...

, a type of Hip Hop song with four or more rappers, in which each verse is sung by a different person *

Posse mit Gesang ''Posse mit Gesang'' ("farce with singing", plural: Possen) is a form of popular German-language music drama, that developed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Early examples are sometimes called 'Possenspil' or 'Possenspiel'. It is also som ...

, a form of German musical drama *

Posse (band) Posse were an American indie rock band from Seattle, Washington. They were made up of Paul Wittman-Todd (guitar/vocals), Sacha Maxim (guitar, bass, vocals) and Jon Salzman (drums) Their 2014 album ''Soft Opening'' received a 7.9 from Pitchfork (we ...

, an American indie rock band started in 2010 in Seattle

Other uses

* Posse (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse * Posse (surname), including a list of people with the name *

Posse, Goiás Posse is a municipality in northeastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is located northeast of Brasília, 24 km from the state boundary with Bahia, on interstate highway BR-020 (Brasília-Salvador). History The town of Posse arose with the arrival ...

, a municipality in the northeast of the Brazilian state of Goiás *

Posse Foundation The Posse Foundation is a national nonprofit organization that partners with select colleges and universities in the United States to provide student scholarships and leadership training. Posse connects a network of more than 10,000 scholars and ...

, a US nonprofit organization that identifies, recruits, and trains student leaders from public high schools to form multicultural teams * POSSE project (Portable Open Source Security Elements), a software security initiative * POSSE, a social web and IndieWeb abbreviation for "Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere"; see

Micro.blog Micro.blog is a microblogging and social networking service created by Manton Reece. It is the first large multi-user social media service to support the Webmention and Micropub standards published by the World Wide Web Consortium, and is part of ...

Jamaican posse Jamaican posses, often referred to simply as ''posses'', are a loose coalition of Jamaican gangs, based predominantly in Kingston, London, New York City and Toronto, first being involved in drugs and arms trafficking in the early 1980s. Jamaic ...

, a loose coalition of street gangs

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