red handed in English

adjective
1
(of a person) having been discovered in or just after the act of doing something wrong or illegal.
I caught him red-handed , stealing a wallet
synonyms:in the actwith one's fingers/hand in the tillwith one's hand in the cookie jarin flagrante delictowith one's pants down
adjective

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "red handed" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "red handed", or refer to the context using the word "red handed" in the English Dictionary.

1. He was caught red-handed.

2. I caught my boyfriend red-handed.

3. They caught the thief red-handed.

4. The thief was caught red-handed.

5. The man was caught red-handed in robbery.

6. We catch the Red Hood Gang red-handed.

7. Of course, they caught the burglars red-handed.

8. The thief was caught red-handed with the loot.

9. The store manager caught the shop-lifter red-handed.

10. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed.

11. How can you send off someone caught red - handed?

12. 18 Presently he stumbled upon Huck Finn the Red - Handed.

13. Caught red-handed, her plate piled high, she swung round.

14. 30 The murderer came out of the hotel room red - handed.

15. If his symptoms promptly return, you've caught your suspect red-handed.

16. The thief was caught red - handed as she was emptying the till.

17. They caught him red-handed with the stolen money in his briefcase.

18. Confused, I examined the garland behind the couch—and caught Jeremy red-handed.

19. Here , too , were many of that old, proscribed, nameless, red - handed clan of the Macgregors.

20. They came out of the bank carrying the money and the police caught them red-handed .

21. 8 A shoplifter was caught red - handed trying to steal a watch from a jewelry store.

22. She faced him defiantly, her hands clasped behind her back, feeling like a burglar caught red-handed.

23. Night patrols were started in some rural areas, and they sometimes caught burglars or cattle thieves red-handed.

24. He wondered what Vic's reaction might be if he ever found out or, horror of horrors, caught him red-handed?

25. Then, quite by chance, I caught him red-handed, stealing the wallet of one of the machinists out of the cloakroom.