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Meanings of in the act in английском

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

Synonyms
Examples for "red-handed"
Examples for "red-handed"
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
Usage of in the act in английском
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
6
Patricia paused in the act of getting into bed and remarked demurely:
The Shield of Silence
7
Gerald intervened as he was in the act of questioning the butler.
The Vanished Messenger
8
The crash that followed stopped Mr. Grey in the act of rising.
The Woman in the Alcove
9
Eugene was in the act of desiring the usher to announce him.
Prince Eugene and His Times
10
His confederate was in the act of stepping across the raised threshold.
The False Faces: Further Adventures from the History of the Lone...
11
Thus the polar reservoirs are despoiled in the act of being opened.
Is Mars habitable? A critical examination of Professor Percival ...
12
Then Alice was shown in the act of taking off the uniform.
The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays / Or, The Sham Battles at ...
13
He found Uncle Barney in the act of stirring up the fire.
The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island; or, The Old Lumberman's Treas...
14
As it happened, the captain himself was in the act of descending.
The Illustrious Prince
15
Shorty paused over the candle, in the act of blowing it out.
Smoke Bellew
16
The gentleman, in the act of starting the horses, raised his hat.
Their Pilgrimage