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catch someone red-handed

To discover or capture someone in the act of committing a crime.
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Submitted on July 10, 2018

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Catch Someone Red-HandedTo get hold of a person or situation, while a wrong act is being carried out
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گرفتن یک دست قرمز

fånga någon rödhänt

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