red-handed

Example Sentences

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PUTIN’S QUOTE: “He was caught red-handed when he was secretly getting classified information.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024

"They have been caught red-handed in a cover-up," Mr Ross told MSPs.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2023

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

The Kremlin said he was caught "red-handed" but has provided no detail to support the assertion.

From Reuters • Aug. 24, 2023

If anyone or anything set foot in our chicken house—if it had feet, that is—we would catch the culprit red-handed.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver