hue and cry
nounEtymology
From Middle English heu and cri, from the Anglo-Norman legal phrase hu e cri.
- derived from legal phrase hu e cri
- derived from heu and cri
Definitions
The public pursuit of a criminal, accompanied by shouts to warn others to give chase.
- Because he that firſt raiſeth a hue and cry, where no felony is committed, that is, he who giveth the falſe information, is ſeverely puniſhable by fine and impriſonment, if the information be falſe.
- That in case of a hue and cry once raised and levied upon supposal of a felony committed, though in truth there was no felony committed; yet those, who pursue hue and cry, may arrest and proceed as if a felony had been really committed.
A loud and persistent public clamour, especially one associated with protest or the…
A loud and persistent public clamour, especially one associated with protest or the making of some demand.
- And because I haven't written off easily, a great hue and cry has gone up that there is something wrong with our whole system of administering justice.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA