The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word POSSE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result POSSE
- Group of friends sit around smoking in van
- Sheriff’s group’s attitude about James’s end
- Gang of Nazis protected by American author
- Endless drink for law enforcement group
- People chasing son trapped by model
- Group led by “star man”
- Model entertaining small legal team
- Star-led group — but not in the East!
- Group of friends have to abandon ship
- Group chasing Poldark getting upset, one owns
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What does POSSE mean?
POSSE noun- A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd.
- A group of people summoned to help law enforcement.
- A search party.
- A criminal gang.
- A group of (especially young) people seen as constituting a peer group or band of associates; a gang, a group of friends.