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red-handedˌred-ˈhanded adjective   - Night patrols were started in some rural areas, and they sometimes caught burglars or cattle thieves red-handed.
to catch someone doing something wrong ► catch to find or see someone while they are actually doing something wrong: catch somebody doing something: · Pat caught her daughter stealing money from her purse.· Brooks was caught smoking in an airplane lavatory and fined $750 dollars. ► catch somebody red-handed/catch somebody in the act to catch someone who is in the middle of doing something bad or illegal, especially stealing, when they are not expecting it: · Sperling was caught red-handed attempting to break into a house.· Several graffiti artists were caught in the act on the Brown River bridge.catch somebody in the act of doing something: · He caught Wendy in the act of looking through his personal papers. ► catch somebody with their fingers in the till British to catch someone stealing money from the place where they work: · The article says that at least five government officials have been caught with their fingers in the till. ► catch somebody red-handed- The FBI caught the mayor red-handed using drugs.
catch somebody red-handed to catch someone at the moment when they are doing something wrong:  Earl was caught red-handed taking the money. |