"hot pursuit" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hot pursuits",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hot pursuit (plural hot pursuits)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "en:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "in hot pursuit"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "close and continuous pursuit of a fleeing suspected lawbreaker or hostile military force, especially across territorial lines."
      ],
      "id": "en-hot_pursuit-en-noun-HWfDIaR7",
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ],
        [
          "continuous",
          "continuous"
        ],
        [
          "pursuit",
          "pursuit"
        ],
        [
          "flee",
          "flee"
        ],
        [
          "suspect",
          "suspect"
        ],
        [
          "lawbreaker",
          "lawbreaker"
        ],
        [
          "hostile",
          "hostile"
        ],
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "especially",
          "especially"
        ],
        [
          "across",
          "across"
        ],
        [
          "territorial",
          "territorial"
        ],
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) close and continuous pursuit of a fleeing suspected lawbreaker or hostile military force, especially across territorial lines."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fresh pursuit"
        },
        {
          "word": "immediate pursuit"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "close and continuous pursuit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Nacheile"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "close and continuous pursuit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tallonamento"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gaan-lâi-dtaam-dtìt-pan",
          "sense": "close and continuous pursuit",
          "word": "การไล่ตามติดพัน"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hot pursuit"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "in hot pursuit"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hot pursuits",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hot pursuit (plural hot pursuits)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "close and continuous pursuit of a fleeing suspected lawbreaker or hostile military force, especially across territorial lines."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ],
        [
          "continuous",
          "continuous"
        ],
        [
          "pursuit",
          "pursuit"
        ],
        [
          "flee",
          "flee"
        ],
        [
          "suspect",
          "suspect"
        ],
        [
          "lawbreaker",
          "lawbreaker"
        ],
        [
          "hostile",
          "hostile"
        ],
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "especially",
          "especially"
        ],
        [
          "across",
          "across"
        ],
        [
          "territorial",
          "territorial"
        ],
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) close and continuous pursuit of a fleeing suspected lawbreaker or hostile military force, especially across territorial lines."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fresh pursuit"
    },
    {
      "word": "immediate pursuit"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "close and continuous pursuit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nacheile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "close and continuous pursuit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tallonamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-lâi-dtaam-dtìt-pan",
      "sense": "close and continuous pursuit",
      "word": "การไล่ตามติดพัน"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hot pursuit"
}