hueand cry

hue and cry n.

1. A public clamor, as of protest or demand:

raised a great hue and cry about political corruption.

2.

a. The pursuit of a felon announced with loud shouts to alert others who were then legally obliged to give chase.

b. The loud outcry formerly used in such a pursuit.

  [Middle English hew and cri, partial translation of Anglo-Norman hu e cri: hu, outcry, clamor (from Old French huer, to shout, of imitative origin) + e, and + cri, cry (from Old French crier, to cry. See cry).]

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