to raise a hue and cry

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• raise a hue and cry against — index censure, decry, impugn Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• hue and cry — 1. Early Eng. Law. the pursuit of a felon or an offender with loud outcries or clamor to give an alarm. 2. any public clamor, protest, or alarm: a general hue and cry against the war. [1250 1300; ME, trans. of AF hu et cri. See HUE2, CRY] * * * ▪ …   Universalium

• Hue and cry — The requirement of all members of a village to pursue a criminal with horn and voice. It is a duty of any person discovering a felony to raise the hue and cry and his neighbors are bound to assist him in pursuit and capture of the offender. ♦… …   Medieval glossary

• hue and cry — noun 1. the pursuit of a felon or an offender with loud outcries or clamour to give an alarm. 2. a proclamation for the capture of a criminal. 3. any public clamour against or over something: *Sally felt convinced they would raise a hue and cry… …  

• hue — n. to raise a hue and cry * * * [hjuː] to raise a hue and cry …   Combinatory dictionary

• hue — [[t]hju͟ː[/t]] hues 1) N COUNT A hue is a colour. [LITERARY] The same hue will look different in different light. ...a selection of tops in natural hues and fibres. Syn: shade 2) PHRASE If people raise a hue and cry about something, they protest… …   English dictionary

• cry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Loud call Nouns 1. cry, shout, call (see Verbs); vociferation, exclamation, outcry, hullabaloo, chorus, clamor, hue and cry; Bronx cheer; plaint (see lamentation); stentor (see loudness); bark, ululation …   English dictionary for students

• Cry — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Cry >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 cry cry &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 voice voice &c.(human) 580 Sgm: N 1 hubbub hubbub Sgm: N 1 bark bark &c.(animal) 412 GRP: N 2 …   English dictionary for students

• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Israel — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Columbia University in September 2007 …   Wikipedia

• Disapprobation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disapprobation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disapprobation disapprobation disapproval Sgm: N 1 improbation improbation Sgm: N 1 disesteem disesteem disvaluation displacency Sgm: N 1 odium odium Sgm: N 1 …   English dictionary for students

• Publication — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Publication >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 publication publication Sgm: N 1 public announcement public announcement &c. 527 Sgm: N 1 promulgation promulgation propagation proclamation pronunziamento =>(Italian) Sgm: N …   English dictionary for students