adverb
: without possibility of escape, excuse, or palliation (as from a charge of guilt) : red-handed
we had him dead to rights
caught dead to rights on a bribery charge
adverb
: without possibility of escape, excuse, or palliation (as from a charge of guilt) : red-handed
we had him dead to rights
caught dead to rights on a bribery charge
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012