x was caught red-handed (in the act)
1caught red-handed — caught with evidence, caught in the act The smuggler was caught red handed with a kilo of cocaine …
2caught red handed — caught in the act, caught at the very moment the act was being committed, caught at the very moment of commiting a crime …
3red-handed — I adjective in the act of committing a crime or other reprehensible act caught red handed • Similar to: ↑guilty II adverb doing something reprehensible or showing clear evidence of having done something reprehensible he was caught red handed …
4red-handed — {adj.} In the very act; while committing a crime or evil action. * /The criminal was caught red handed while holding up the neighborhood bank at gunpoint./ …
5red-handed — {adj.} In the very act; while committing a crime or evil action. * /The criminal was caught red handed while holding up the neighborhood bank at gunpoint./ …
6red-handed — adj In the very act; while committing a crime or evil action. The criminal was caught red handed while holding up the neighborhood bank at gunpoint …
7catch red-handed — {v. phr.} /To apprehend a person during the act of committing an illicit or criminal act./ * /Al was caught red handed at the local store when he was trying to walk out with a new camera he had not paid for./ …
8catch red-handed — {v. phr.} /To apprehend a person during the act of committing an illicit or criminal act./ * /Al was caught red handed at the local store when he was trying to walk out with a new camera he had not paid for./ …
9catch\ red-handed — v. phr. To apprehend a person during the act of committing an illicit or criminal act. Al was caught red handed at the local store when he was trying to walk out with a new camera he had not paid for …
10caught in the act — verb To be found doing something that you werent supposed to be doing, while youre doing it. Previously, he blamed his brother for drawing on the walls but when he was caught in the act, he could deny it no longer. Syn: red handed, in flagrante… …
