catch red-handed

English

Verb

catch red-handed (third-person singular simple present catching red-handed, present participle catches red-handed, simple past and past participle caught red-handed)

1. (transitive) To discover or capture someone in the act of committing a crime.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: jäädä rysän päältä kiinni (fi)
• Hungarian: rajtakap (hu), tetten ér
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: cogliere in flagrante, cogliere sul fatto, cogliere con le mani nel sacco, cogliere con il sorcio in bocca, cogliere con le mani nella marmellata
• Russian: заста́ть на ме́сте преступле́ния (zastátʹ na méste prestuplénija)

See also

• catch with one's hand in the cookie jar