hue and cry
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hue and cry
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From Middle English heu and cri, from the Anglo-Norman legal phrase hu e cri.
noun hue and cries · hues and cries
- 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.
- 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.
