caught red-handed
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The union's general secretary Sharon Graham said: "ICTS is a very profitable company that can easily afford to give our members a decent pay increase. It has been caught red-handed putting profits before people."
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2026
“Even when he is literally caught red-handed, he won’t want to admit it.”
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024
Among other things, he got caught red-handed telling less than the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth on the stand.
From Slate • Sep. 12, 2023
He said Gershkovich had "been caught red-handed and violated the laws of the Russian Federation", before adding: "This is what he's suspected of, but of course, the court will make a decision".
From Reuters • Apr. 11, 2023
Shady scratched the back of his neck like he’d been caught red-handed.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
