pursuer, people in pursuit
追っ手かしら？
Could it be someone chasing us?
— 紅の豚 (1992)
追っ手が来て
The pursuers are coming.
— パディントン２ (2017)
ただ、追っ手には空から地上を、信じられないほど細かく見る手段があるんです。
But the pursuers have a way to see the ground from the air in incredible detail.
厄介な芝居ですが、追っ手が戻ってくるかもしれません。
This is a tricky act, but the pursuers might come back.
追っ手がかかった
Pursuers were sent after him.
— もののけ姫 (1997)