suçüstü
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Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From suç (“crime”) + üst (“top, upper”) + -ü (possessive suffix), literally “on (the) crime”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
suçüstü (definite accusative suçüstünü, plural suçüstüler)
- (law) An act of catching someone red-handed.
- Synonyms: (dated) cürmümeşhut, (dated) meşhut suç
Adverb[edit]
suçüstü
- In the act of wrongdoing, red-handed.
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Further reading[edit]
- “suçüstü”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “suçüstü”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4345