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

“Even when he is literally caught red-handed, he won’t want to admit it.”

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024

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

Ukraine's security service, the SBU, said in a statement that the woman was arrested "red-handed" when she was trying to pass intelligence to the Russians.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2023

For a moment my mom thought she’d caught me red-handed, but Teddy’d given me a solid alibi.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah