posse

bande de potes, bande d'amis

Groupe d’amis qui passent régulièrement du temps ensemble, surtout des jeunes.

En anglais simple : A group of friends or people who regularly spend time together, especially young people.

• My posse is here.
• He brought his whole posse to the party.
• A posse of school friends met at the café every Friday.

Comment l'utiliser : a posse of someone (She arrived with a posse of friends.)

Synonymes : crew, gang, circle of friends

Expressions courantes : my posse, posse of friends, the whole posse

équipe de recherche

Groupe de personnes qui partent ensemble à la recherche de quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : A group of people who go out together to look for someone.

• The posse searched the woods.
• The sheriff formed a posse to find the missing rider.
• Volunteers joined the posse before dawn.

Synonymes : search party

Expressions courantes : form a posse, search posse, join the posse

gang, bande criminelle

Groupe de personnes qui commettent des crimes ensemble.

En anglais simple : A group of people who commit crimes together.

• The posse controlled the drug trade.
• Police arrested three members of the armed posse.
• Rival posses fought over territory in the city.

Synonymes : gang

Expressions courantes : armed posse, rival posse, posse member

foule, bande

Groupe de personnes réunies, parfois avec des intentions hostiles ou menaçantes.

En anglais simple : A group of people gathered together, sometimes with unfriendly or threatening intentions.

• A large posse filled the street.
• A posse of strangers surrounded the gate.
• The approaching posse looked angry and ready for trouble.

Comment l'utiliser : a posse of people (A posse of angry villagers gathered outside.)

Synonymes : crowd, group, throng

Expressions courantes : posse of people, angry posse, large posse