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noun 
  1. (formerly) the public pursuit of a felon; accompanied by shouts to warn others to give chase
  2. (context, by extension) a loud and persistent public clamour; especially one of protest or making some demand
Etymology: From the Anglo-Norman French legal phrase hu e cri.

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