red-handed
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1 red-handed
In the act of committing a crime or other reprehensible act.
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1 red-handed
Doing something reprehensible or showing clear evidence of having done something reprehensible.
Roget 680: in the act, in the midst of, in the thick of; red-handed, in flagrante delicto [Lat.]; while one's hand is in.
Roget 947: in flagrante delicto [Lat.]; red-handed, in the very act, with one's hand in the cookie jar.
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