red-handed

Example Sentences

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A prolific cat burglar has been caught red handed after stealing anything she can get her paws on.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2023

For markets, this is like stealing the last cookie in the cookie jar, getting caught red handed, and, instead of a good spanking, you get another cookie, with chocolate on.

From Reuters • Feb. 2, 2023

"It reads a lot like a stern but polite reprimand of a child caught red handed who needs to be read the riot act," he wrote.

From Salon • Sep. 22, 2022

Wow, but he’s only doing so because he got caught red handed.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2019

I just caught him red handed as he was bending down right over the bushes, and what do you suppose he tried to tell me, Miss Kit?

From Kit of Greenacre Farm by Forrester, Izola L. (Izola Louise)