Crew vs. Posse — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Crew and Posse
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Crew
A crew is a body or a class of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization. A location in which a crew works is called a crewyard or a workyard.
Posse
A group of civilians called upon by a sheriff or other law enforcement official to assist temporarily in preserving the peace or pursuing and arresting a fugitive. Also called posse comitatus.
Crew
A group of people working together; a gang
A crew of stagehands.
Posse
A search party.
Crew
(Slang) A group of people, especially friends or associates.
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Posse
A gang involved in crimes such as running guns and illegal narcotics trafficking.
Crew
All personnel operating or serving aboard a ship.
Posse
(Slang) A group of friends or associates.
Crew
All of a ship's personnel except the officers.
Posse
A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd.
Crew
All personnel operating or serving aboard an aircraft in flight.
Posse
A group of people summoned to help law enforcement.
Crew
A team of rowers, as of a racing shell.
Posse
(US) A search party.
Crew
The sport of rowing.
Posse
A criminal gang.
Crew
To serve as a member of a crew
Crewed on a sloop.
Posse
(colloquial) A group of (especially young) people seen as constituting a peer group or band of associates; a gang, a group of friends.
Crew
To serve as a crew member on
The space station will be crewed by a team of eight people.
Posse
See Posse comitatus.
Crew
A past tense of crow2.
Posse
A temporary police force
Crew
A group of people together
Crew
(obsolete) Any company of people; an assemblage; a throng.
Crew
A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft.
If you need help, please contact a member of the crew.
Crew
A group of people working together on a task.
The crews competed to cut the most timber.
Crew
(arts) The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast.
There are a lot of carpenters in the crew!
The crews for different movies would all come down to the bar at night.
Crew
A close group of friends.
I'd look out for that whole crew down at Jack's.
Crew
A set of individuals lumped together by the speaker.
Crew
(Scouting) A group of Rovers.
Crew
A hip-hop or b-boying group.
Crew
(rowing) A rowing team manning a single shell.
Crew
A person in a crew
Crew
(plural: crew) A member of the crew of a vessel or plant.
One crew died in the accident.
Crew
A worker on a dramatic production who is not part of the cast.
There were three actors and six crew on the set.
Crew
A member of a ship's company who is not an officer.
The officers and crew assembled on the deck.
There are quarters for three officers and five crew.
Crew
The sport of competitive rowing.
Crew
A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs
Crew
To be a member of a vessel's crew
We crewed together on a fishing boat last year.
The ship was crewed by fifty sailors.
Crew
To be a member of a work or production crew
The film was crewed and directed by students.
Crew
To supply workers or sailors for a crew
Crew
(nautical) To do the proper work of a sailor
The crewing of the vessel before the crash was deficient.
Crew
(nautical) To take on, recruit (new) crew
Crew
The Manx shearwater.
Crew
A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng.
There a noble crewOf lords and ladies stood on every side.
Faithful to whom? to thy rebellious crew?
Crew
The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat.
Crew
In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew.
Crew
The men who man a ship or aircraft
Crew
An organized group of workmen
Crew
An informal body of friends;
He still hangs out with the same crowd
Crew
The team of men manning a racing shell
Crew
Serve as a crew member on
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