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 shall catch him red handed in the act.
From The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot by Everett-Green, Evelyn
