追(お)っ手(て)pursuer, pursuing party, posse

その犯人(はんにん)は追(お)っ手(て)を逃(のが)れました。

The criminal managed to escape from the pursuing party. {pursuer, pursuing party, posse}

スパイに追(お)っ手(て)が差(さ)し向(む)けられています。

A pursuer has been sent after the spy. {pursuer, pursuing party, posse}

追(お)っ手(て)がいるので安心(あんしん)して生活(せいかつ)することが出来(でき)ません。

I can't live at ease because there is a pursuer. {pursuer, pursuing party, posse}

金属(きんぞく)店(てん)から商品(しょうひん)を持(も)ち出(だ)すとたちまち追(お)っ手(て)が迫(せま)ってきた。

As soon as I took the goods out of the metal shop, the pursuing party was immediately upon me. {pursuer, pursuing party, posse}

僅(わず)かに追(お)いかけるのが遅(おく)れたせいで追(お)っ手(て)は彼(かれ)に追(お)いつかなかった。

Because the pursuer was slightly delayed in the chase, he could not catch up to him. {pursuer, pursuing party, posse}