Red-handed


adjective, adverb
1.
in the very act of a crime, wrongdoing, etc., or in possession of self-incriminating evidence:
They caught him red-handed dipping into the till.
adjective
1.
(postpositive) in the act of committing a crime or doing something wrong or shameful (esp in the phrase catch red-handed)

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