Usually means: Chasing suspect immediately after crime.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. hot pursuit: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. hot-pursuit: Wordnik
  3. hot pursuit: Wiktionary
  4. hot pursuit: Dictionary.com
  5. Hot pursuit: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. hot pursuit: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. hot pursuit: Law.com Dictionary
  2. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. Hot Pursuit: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hot Pursuit: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (hot pursuit)

noun:  (law) close and continuous pursuit of a fleeing suspected lawbreaker or hostile military force, especially across territorial lines.

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