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caught in the act
(redirected from caught red-handed)

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caught in the act and caught red-handed
Fig. seen doing something illegal or private. (See also catch someone in the act (of doing something) and catch someone red-handed.) Tom was caught in the act and cannot deny what he did. Many car thieves are caught red-handed.
See also: act, caught


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When he first ran for president in 1987, Biden was caught red-handed lifting personal anecdotes from Neil Kinnock, then the leader of Britain’s Labour Party, and claiming them as his own.
There was only one snag - the gushing paeans were written by staff at the Southbank Centre; just 75 minutes later, they were caught red-handed.
Alaska rapper JOKER THE BAILBONDSMAN has been handed a 10-year jail sentence, after he was caught red-handed selling crack cocaine to a government informant.
 
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