Cryptic crossword clue
Power to sack unruly groups 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PACKS

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We know that "groups" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case groups = packs.
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What does PACKS mean?

PACKS noun
  1. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
  2. A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
  3. A multitude.
  4. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
  5. A full set of playing cards
  6. The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
  7. A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
  8. A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
  9. A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
  10. A group of Cub Scouts.
  11. A shook of cask staves.
  12. A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
  13. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
  14. An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
  15. : A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
  16. A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
  17. The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
PACKS verb
  1. (physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
  2. (social) To cheat.
  3. To load with a pack
  4. To load; to encumber.
  5. To move, send or carry.
  6. To block a shot, especially in basketball.
  7. (of the forwards in a rugby team) To play together cohesively, specially with reference to their technique in the scrum.
  8. (of a drag king, transman, etc.) To wear a prosthetic penis inside one’s trousers for better verisimilitude.

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