red-handed

Example Sentences

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One way local authorities catch sellers red-handed is by sending undercover teenagers into shops across England.

From BBC • May 6, 2025

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

Shady scratched the back of his neck like he’d been caught red-handed.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool