caught in the act
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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.

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Byline: Daily Star Staff Summary: Eighteen wanted suspects were arrested and two car thieves were caught red-handed by the Internal Security Forces (ISF) and the judicial police on Wednesday, said a security source. Security, judicial forces arrest 18 wanted suspects by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon) They were caught red-handed thanks to an under-cover operation launched the previous day. BURGLARS CAUGHT IN HOLIDAY STING; Man Tasered during Pontin's ... by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) The suspect, Arthur Lelland Sayer, "was caught red-handed at his home in Tijuana, Baja California (close to the US border) with a large number of photos and videos that were stored on over a dozen hard drives," Mexico City's public prosecutor said in a statement on Thursday. Canadian arrested with 4 mln child pornography images by AFP / AFP American Edition			catch napping catch off guard catch on catch on the hop catch onto catch out catch red-handed catch sight of catch some rays catch some Zs catch the next wave catch the wave catch to it catch up in catch up on catch with catch with pants down catch you later catch-as-catch-can cater to catty-corner caught caught in the act caught in the crossfire caught in the middle caught red-handed caught short caught unaware caught up in caught with pants down cause cause a stir cause eyebrows to raise and cause some raised eyebrows cause tongues to wag caution caution about cave cave in cavil at cease cease and desist cede to ceiling celebrate for an accomplishment cement cement on cement together censure cent center center around			Caught in the Act Caught in the Act Caught in the Act Caught in the Act caught in the crossfire caught in the middle caught it caught it caught it caught it caught it in the neck caught it in the neck caught it in the neck caught napping caught napping caught napping caught off balance caught off balance caught off balance caught off balance caught off balance Caught Off Guard caught on caught on caught on caught on caught out caught out caught out caught out caught red-handed caught shoplifting caught short caught sight caught sight caught sight caught sight caught some Zs caught some Zs caught some Zs caught some Zs Caught stealing Caught stealing, work didn’t press charges/police did caught the light caught the light caught the light caught the light caught the sun caught the sun caught the sun caught the sun caught unaware caught up caught up caught up caught up caught up in caught up with caught up with deeply involved with Caught with marijuana near school grounds caught with pants down

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

caught in the act
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