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I was watching a video of people in Japan getting yelled at and stopped by
police, and several times I'd hear them yell「ついて！」.  
I was unsure of the meaning, and after looking it up I couldn't figure out if
it was 着いて e.g. "sit down" or 付いて e.g. "come here". I know that 付いて来て would
mean something like "come with me", but I am not sure which one of these would
be correct in that situation.

EDIT:

For clarity, it was a skateboarding video. Someone would do a trick on private
property, and when the police/guards saw this happen they yelled「ついて！」,
directed at the skateboarder.
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meaning spoken-language kanji-choice
Meaning of ついて when issued as a command?
It comes from: つく[つく·付く], which primarily means to stick onto, to attach to,
although it has several other meanings. In the situation you mentioned, it can
be used as an English equivalent of "Follow (them/him/her/it)!" as the act of
following is in fact, 'sticking on' to someone who is running or walking away.

Just on a side note, Korean shares a lot of things in common with Japanese,
and the way they say "Follow (with the intention of _catching_ the
person/thing)" also contains the word "Stick on to."
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This is just a guess, but Japanese police/guards (and firefighters) would
typically say

> 「どいて！」  
>  「ハイ、どいて」

to civilians and youngsters, like trespassing skateboarder(s).

> 「おまわりさん、どいて！」連呼する消防隊。 Fire fighter yelling cops, "Move off!"  
>  2012/09/11 -
> 火災現場で部署しようとする位置に居た警察官へ、「おまわりさん、どいて！」と連呼するはしご車と、道路上の野次馬へマイクとサイレン、それに警笛で移動を促すポンプ車。
> ( The fire fighters yelling to the cops about "get off from parking point".
> ) -- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzxoTS3nZds)

What makes this video clip funny is that it's the policemen who are usually
telling people 「どいて！」
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