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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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.