RED-HANDED


Meaning of RED-HANDED in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

caught red-handed (= as he was doing something wrong )

He was caught red-handed taking money from the cash register.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Night patrols were started in some rural areas, and they sometimes caught burglars or cattle thieves red-handed .

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