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What does hue and cry mean?

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Noun
  1. (historical) The public pursuit of a criminal, accompanied by shouts to warn others to give chase.
  2. (by extension) A loud and persistent public clamour, especially one associated with protest or the making of some demand.
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People on the left and the extreme left have raised a hue and cry against the Directive.
We raise such a hue and cry when a tree is cut down, but with every heavy shower over a dozen trees fall.
We heard a hue and cry from one end of the country to the other as a result.
The hue and cry of this rough popular justice, akin to Europe's chiarivari and skimmingtons, led to the abusive oratory.
Allow our banks to get together to be more competitive internationally was the call, hue and cry.
I am very pleased by that, but what would have happened if there had not been a hue and cry?

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