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Meanings of red-handed in English

[Caught, etc.] In the act of wrongdoing.

Red-handed.

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Examples for "in the act"
Examples for "in the act"
1
The stranger paused in the act of unhobbling the one remaining pony.
Blazed Trail Stories, and Stories of the Wild Life
2
The man and the girl were also in the act of leaving.
Peter Ruff and the Double Four
3
The celebrity paused in the act of lowering another segment of cake.
The Clicking of Cuthbert
4
No mention was made of the dollar in the act of 1853.
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet / ...
5
We start back in horror, as if in the act of profanation.
Henrietta Temple: A Love Story
Usage of red-handed in English
1
Helene was taken red-handed in the theft of wine, and was dismissed.
She Stands Accused
2
Four poachers had been taken red-handed in the coverts farthest from Arleigh.
The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers
3
A crime video where the Police are actually nailing the gang red-handed.
The South African
4
He was caught red-handed in an FBI sting operation on February 2001.
Financial Crime and Corruption
5
From controversial comments about visas to being caught red-handed as cricket cheats.
The South African
6
S'Khaleni and Ntandane are caught red-handed while trying to cover their tracks.
The South African
7
I'll have men watching day and night until we catch them red-handed.
The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island; Or, A Cave and What It Contain...
8
If he had been caught red-handed, he'd have been hanged without remorse.
What's Bred in the Bone
9
He was 'caught red-handed and never was brought to an honest trial.'
The Rim of the Desert
10
But my husband taught him a lesson when he caught him red-handed.
The ice princess
11
A murderer, red-handed, to speak of his crime so calmly as that!
What's Bred in the Bone
12
The forty lifers were caught in red-handed readiness for the break.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
13
They needed to get rid of the evidence before they were caught red-handed.
Darkness unleashed
14
He had been taken by the troopers red-handed upon the highway.
A Book of Scoundrels
15
At the beginning of the war we'd catch them absolutely red-handed.
The Kingdom of the Blind
16
Nobody is going to be caught red-handed with that dog in his possession.
Walter and the Wireless
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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