posse comitatus

短语

[法] 武装力量

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The able-bodied men over 15 in a given county who can be summoned by the sheriff to help keep the peace, or arrest a felon; also a group of men so gathered.

    历史
  2. 2.

    Any band of men, especially armed or hostile.

    比喻

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

posse

上位词 4

police law constabulary police force

部分词 1

posseman

词源

From Late Latin posse comitātūs (“force of the county”, literally “power of the county”).

来源：wiktionary