hue and cry

The success of Smoke was immediate and great; but the hue-and-cry that assailed it was even greater.

In an hour there will be the hue-and-cry, and then they will surely search your house.

The hue-and-cry alarms the county, but it preserves all the property of the province.

The hue-and-cry was immediately raised; but the guilty person was nowhere to be seen.

To move it far might imperil Joe Hawkridge and Bonnet's two seamen should they come in haste with a hue-and-cry behind them.