red-handed
- s in the act of committing a crime or other reprehensible act
caught red-handed - r doing something reprehensible or showing clear evidence of having done something reprehensible
he was caught red-handed
- Another reason we'll probably never catch the Quds force red-handed is that it communicates sensitive information by courier.
- Last month, with pressure mounting, investigators announced they had caught a Taiwanese-owned monosodium glutamate factory red-handed.
- Caught red-handed, Iran's leader, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, denies new allegations that Iran has been constructing a second uranium-enrichment facility.